CAPE TOWN - Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has started his week-long visit to the gang-ravaged Western Cape.
Cachalia has met with police management and several civil society stakeholders.
His message to the police is to concentrate all available resources to confront the gang problem in the Western Cape.
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Although many in the Cape Flats have been calling for the SANDF to be deployed to combat gangs, Cachalia says that is not on his agenda at the moment.
The minister will be continuing with his engagements and meeting various stakeholders his week.
- eNCA’s Ayesha Ismail reports.