Mitchells Plain CPF satisfied with WC govt's draft plan to tackle gang violence
This follows a flare-up of gang related shootings in the area which left seven people dead and seven injured last week.
A sign at the entrance of Mitchells Plain, Cape Town / Wikimedia Commons: Discott
CAPE TOWN - The Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) says it's happy with the Western Cape government's draft intervention plan to tackle gang violence in the area.
This follows a flare-up of gang-related shootings in the area, which left seven people dead and seven injured last week.
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The province's Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety presented the plan to the CPF and other stakeholders this week.
Mitchells Plain CPF chairperson, Norman Jantjies, said various community organisations are studying the Western Cape government's draft gang intervention plan for the area, before giving feedback next week.
"It does contain stuff about economic development, like job creation basically. It looks at school safety. It looks at gun control and it looks at policing as well."
MEC for Police Oversight and Community Safety, Anroux Marais, said the CPF played a role in devising the plan.
"Although similar interventions were ongoing in the area, this specific action plan will include an anti-gang strategy drafted by the Mitchells Plain CPF in collaboration with other civil society organisations."
Jantjies said a meeting was also held with senior South African Police Service (SAPS) management this week to ensure the area's police station is adequately resourced.
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