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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>We will not negotiate with gangsters.”<\/p>\n

This is the approach of Western Cape police as they work to quell gang violence, said provincial police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile.<\/p>\n

Patekile told media at a quarterly crime statistics briefing in Cape Town on Wednesday that police had no intention of sitting down with warring gangs to negotiate a ceasefire.<\/p>\n

He said police were cracking down on organised crime through high-density operations.<\/p>\n

Gang violence was listed as the leading cause of murders and attempted murders, accounting for 17.6% of murder cases in the province, and 30.2% of attempted murders.<\/p>\n

According to the police, there were 166 gang-related murders in the Western Cape between April and June, and 225 attempted murders for the same period.<\/p>\n

One of the incidents during the reporting period was a gang-related shooting in Ocean View, in which six people were killed.<\/p>\n

Patekile said that, among the challenges in addressing gangsterism, was the violence that could stem from arresting gang leaders.<\/p>\n

He said it resulted in others attempting to take leadership positions, which could trigger “intra-gang violence”.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

Patekile added that there had been a concerning number of children murdered “within the gang environment”.<\/p>\n

The provincial community policing forum chairperson, Fransina Lukas, said the province was “known for gang violence and all the factors that contribute to this”.<\/p>\n

“It’s sad to see children as young as 14 killed because of gangs. Those children must be in school, they must be cared for. They must have a future.”<\/p>\n

Premier Alan Winde, who also attended the briefing, said gangsterism remained a “big issue” facing the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

He said the provincial government was consulting a number of stakeholders in addressing the issue and was rolling out its “safety plan” between numerous departments.<\/p>\n

However, he said the 5.5% decrease in murders in the province was “encouraging”.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got to keep on doing the same thing, keep on reducing these numbers,” he said.<\/p>\n

Community safety and oversight MEC Reagan Allan said provincial departments were collaborating on programmes aimed at violence prevention.<\/p>\n

He added that the province’s anti-gang unit needed to be capacitated.<\/p>\n

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