PAT'S PLAN

WESTERN Cape police say they will lock down the Cape Flats’ southern suburbs in response to a surge in mass shootings.

- BY MANDILKHE THSWETE

On Tuesday afternoon, Provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile and officers walked from Steenberg to Sea Winds along Military Road, stopping vehicles as part of their operation.

Patekile said that he and his management had resolved to adopt a range of interventions after the latest shooting incidents.

He said cordon and search operations would be carried out in identified hotspots, describing the exercise as intense and disruptive, but necessary.

BY MANDILKHE THSWETE

He explained: “This entails taking proper control of an identified area within a specified period. Residents may have to wait long to access public places, with exceptions only made in emergencies.”