We cannot deny the fact that the people who
protect us every day put their own lives in danger for the sake of protecting
society. Police brutality has been an ongoing issues across South Africa but
with the recent gang violence in the Western Cape, we have seen an increase in
the killings of police officers.
Over the past months the Western Cape has
experienced a drastic increase in the number of police officers getting killed.
Two officers in the Mfuleni area when gunned down while patrolling the vicinity
which left one police officer dead and another injured. Reports sworn in last
week of a Bishop Lavis Lieutenant Colonel Andre Kay, who was shot while leaving
his home last week. With the rise in gang violence related matters, the Western
Cape South African Police Service has had it rough in the previous months. Three
of the Western Cape townships dominated the top 5 most dangerous townships in
South Africa. With that being said this saw a dramatic increasing in police
brutality especially within the townships of Nyanga, Delft and Khayelitsha.
There have been several officers which dies on
the line of duty across the city. Half of the police officers that have been
killed were off duty. The suspects who were part of the Mfuleni shoot out were
arrested within 72 hours and National Commissioner of Police General Khehla
Sithole commended the hard work of SAPS Western Cape to catch the culprits.
By Chuma Matiwane
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