{"id":95975,"date":"2026-02-16T16:27:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:22:16","slug":"eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions","title":{"rendered":"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence that continues to plague the community.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be deployed to crime-ridden areas in Gauteng and the Western Cape.<\/p>\n<p>The residents, who spoke to Eyewitness News on condition of anonymity, said the police are overwhelmed and cannot tackle gang violence in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it will make a difference, but the army won&#8217;t be here permanently. They will be situated here temporarily until things cool down, and immediately when they leave, things will continue,&#8221; one resident said. &#8220;So I agree with what she is saying: we need police. We don\u2019t even see vans roaming the streets. Where are they? We only see one or two vans after two weeks, or when there&#8217;s a hijacking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While some residents have welcomed the deployment of the army, hoping it will help restore order, others have raised concerns about whether soldiers are adequately equipped to manage civilian law enforcement situations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The way they deal with people, I don\u2019t think they are trained to deal with people. They are trained for over-the-border army purposes, you understand? We are civilians; they won\u2019t understand us,&#8221; another resident noted. &#8220;Look at what happened during COVID; they came into people&#8217;s yards, and they killed people. I don\u2019t think so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence that continues to plague the community. This follows the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) will be deployed to crime-ridden areas in Gauteng and the Western Cape. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-95975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-16T16:27:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-16T18:22:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-16T16:27:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-16T18:22:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions\",\"name\":\"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-16T16:27:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-16T18:22:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions - South Africa","description":"Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions","og_description":"Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2026-02-16T16:27:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-16T18:22:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions","datePublished":"2026-02-16T16:27:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-16T18:22:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions"},"wordCount":258,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg","keywords":["South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions","name":"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-16T16:27:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-16T18:22:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg say longer-lasting solutions are urgently needed to tackle the gang violence ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2026\/02\/sm_1771253471.62444.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eldorado-park-residents-demand-permanent-solutions#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Eldorado Park Residents Demand Permanent Solutions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}