WC govt calls for improved intelligence to tackle gang violence

The Western Cape administration is calling for improved intelligence in the fight against gang violence.

Eight people were shot in separate incidents in Mitchells Plain on Tuesday. Three children were among the wounded in the gun attacks.

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Premier Alan Winde said intelligence operatives are needed to intercept the violent street gang network.

Two men were killed and five other people were wounded in the attack at the Hazeldene taxi rank on Tuesday.

Winde said the incident is a suspected gang hit: “The gangsters apparently were hiding in wheelie bins, with people pushing the bins dressed up as municipal workers with bibs on. And then, you know, this is obviously a hit on another gang.”

In a separate attack, in Portlands, a man died in another gang-related shooting. The attackers fled the scene in a getaway car.

The shootings have continued unabated despite the army's deployment to the area since last week.