GUNNING FOR GANGS

Police Minister Cachalia to target the supply of firearms to skollies

- BY MANDILAKHE TSHWETE AND MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

ACTING Police Minister Firoz Cachalia will target Cape Town gangs' supply to firearms and ammunition in his finalised stabilisation plan.

South Africa's top cop announced that he would meet the SAPS National Commissioner and the Minister of Justice on 23 September to finalise a more coordinated plan to tackle the gun violence terrorising the Cape Flats.

He addressed Parliament last week on gang and organised crime and committed to urgent action.

Cachalia said: "The next step is to consolidate a more comprehensive plan and ensure that together, across departments and tiers of government, we target the gangs and their criminal networks more effectively.