Cape Town's Ganglands | Residents call for greater police visibility

CAPE TOWN - Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale says his department has a strategy to address crime in Cape Town communities.

Third-quarter crime stats have revealed that 93% of gang-related murders were committed in the Western Cape.

The African National Congress this weekend campaigned in Cape Town communities ahead of national - and provincial elections in May.

Cape Town ganglands | Playing for peace | Ex-gang and church leaders unite

The ANC’s campaign in Hanover Park follows complaints from residents over the lack of police visibility and rampant crime in the community.  

In response to residents’ desperate pleas for more to be done to curb the scourge of crime in the community, the government has vowed to return here with a crime-busting plan in the coming weeks.