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‘Law and order will be restored’

- De Waal Steyn

An urgent need for decisive action to end the chaos was the unanimous decision reached by a multi-party stakeholder meeting on Sunday evening.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) must be deployed in Zwelihle immediately; law and order must be restored in the suburb of Zwelihle by arresting the ringleaders fuelling the violence; a safe environment must be created for residents with specific information that can lead to the positive identification of suspects, and successful prosecution without fear of intimidation; no charges will be dropped against perpetrators of crime and those who commit crime must remain subjects of the criminal justice system.

These were the four resolutions taken by the stakeholders on Sunday. The meeting, convened by Masizole Mnqasela, Member of the Provincial Parliament for the Overberg, was attended by Premier Helen Zille, Western Cape Acting Provincial Commissioner Major General Hendrik Burger, both ANC and DA councillors, religious leaders form all suburbs, business owners and concerned residents.

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, flanked by a bodyguard on her left and MPP Masizole Mnqasela on her right, visited Zwelihle with a delegation of non-partisan stakeholders on Friday afternoon and attempted to address the angry crowd gathered on the Mop hill. They were met with hostility and when the crown started pelting them with rocks, they had to be whisked away to safety by the SAPS.

PHOTO: Anena Burger

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