Cape Town continues to grapple with a surge in gang-related shootings, with residents reporting violence erupting even in broad daylight.
Families in several hotspot areas say they are living in constant fear, as more than 50 people, including women and children, were killed in the Western Cape between October and November.
GangsterismMustFall convenor Roscoe Jacobs said that the city’s escalating gang crisis will not improve unless communities hold their elected officials accountable.
“The sad reality is that the needle’s not going to move if we as a society don’t push it. Currently, we are allowing things to happen within our communities because we do not hold those we’ve elected and given political power accountable sufficiently for conflicts and the perpetuation of gun and gang violence,” Jacobs said.
Meanwhile, the Presidency has resisted mounting calls to declare Cape Town’s escalating gun violence a state of disaster, leaving communities to grapple with ongoing insecurity and trauma.
Listen to the full interview with Roscoe Jacobs below:
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