Manenberg police concerned about gang violence

Mluleki Mrwebi
20 March 2014

Manenberg Police Spokesperson Ian Bennet says there are so many contributing factors that lead to gang violence including poverty, lack of education and substance abuse. 

Over ten people have been killed in gang violence in the area in the past few weeks.

Community members have however complained that there is a lack of police visibility and they take a long time to respond to a crime.

Bennet said police do respond to incident of crime but there are incidents where police arrived on the scene and communities attack and in some cases police would park the vehicle in communities and walk on foot and when they come back they would find tyres slashed.

Meanwhile gang violence in Manenberg affected schools last month with several schools temporally shutting down. 

Manenberg Police Spokesperson Ian Bennet police have several crime prevention initiatives in place to try and stop gang violence in the area. 

Bennet said the police have a job to do on the road, there various crimes initiatives that police have embarked on and they are trying to create more police visibility on the road. 

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