ID leader calls for army support

The Independent Democrats’ Cape Town leader Simon Grindrod has delivered a letter to Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool asking for the army to be deployed to tackle the taxi war and gang-related violence on the Cape Flats. Grindrod says it is clear that the Police Service is overstretched and requires urgent support. Grindrod adds that the armed forces are well-equipped and trained to restore order on the streets and that the primary responsibility of the State is to protect its citizens. Grindrod also says those responsible for mayhem and murders have to know that their reign of terror will not be allowed to continue unchallenged.