Gang wars: Winde lays out plans for when the army leaves

With SANDF troops finally on the ground in gang and crime hot spots on Thursday, the Western Cape government has put R5m"on the table" for the resurrection of police reservists.

Last year, President Cyril Ramaphosa launched a specialised Anti-Gang Unit, and the province's police have been using 72-hour task force for certain operations in The current ratio is one officer for every 383 people in South Africa. Western Cape Community Safety MEC Albert Fritz had put the province's ratio at 1:509. This means the province has had to find other ways to curb crime and gangsterism.

Seventy-one percent did not have informers, and more than half of the detectives did not have a firearm. "Forty-three murders were recorded by our forensics services over the weekend period, despite a heavier police presence," he said."I can assure you the gangsters have guns, many of them probably from the very police's armoury.

- It would continue funding neighbourhood watch groups and community policing forums but insisted they hold their elections in September to confirm their mandates with the community; - Local law enforcement will be bolstered through collaboration and intelligence-driven co-ordination;

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