SANDF soldiers patrol in Mitchells Plain.
Residents of Tafelsig in Mitchells Plain say gang violence, shootings and killings continue to terrorise their community despite the deployment of police and SANDF members under Operation Prosper.
The concerns were raised on Wednesday, during Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s oversight visit to gang-affected areas on the Cape Flats, including Tafelsig, Lentegeur and Gugulethu.
Mashatile, accompanied by senior police officials, SANDF members and deputy ministers, visited the communities to assess progress made under the anti-gang intervention initiative launched earlier this year to combat gangsterism, shootings and organised crime in Cape Town communities.
Residents gathered along Bainskloof Street in Tafelsig during the walkabout, where community members said the bodies of young people had recently been collected following shootings in the area.
