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Residents of Lavender Hill, Steenberg and Hillview say they have had enough of crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Schrikker, an executive member of the 7945-community group, who organised a protest in Prince George Drive on Saturday 18 June, says the most basic human right is the right to safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want better service from the police and we need a more effective structure for safety. Crime is very high; the stats they are giving us are not true or real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Residents and community groups from Steenberg and Lavender Hill want to live in peace without the daily violence. PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n
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Schrikker says people are being robbed daily while others are being killed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Hillview, people can\u2019t go to work because they are robbed and taxi drivers are being shot. Everyday there are over 30 shots going off (in) the area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds that residents are forced to pay protection money to gang members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA 24-year-old who works at a retail shop in Tokai had to move to Grassy Park from Steenberg because every month the people \u2018tax\u2019 him, they demand money. They wanted R12 000 from him. Gangs also shot a shop owner because he did not want to give protection money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schrikker says they want the area to be safe for their children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want our children and grandchildren to grow up. We had Leap (Law Enforcement Advancement Plan) officers here for two weeks and then they went back to Hanover Park. We were told they are only coming back later in July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe community needs to be safer. Last week Saturday, a 79-year-old woman\u2019s house was burgled twice in one day. Her door was broken, her fridge was stolen and they came back for her TV. The police did not respond immediately,\u201d he claims. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve also asked for police patrols when children go to school and come from school, but nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 7945 community group in Steenberg organised a protest in Prince George Drive on 18 June.PHOTO: supplied<\/div>\n
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Dorothy Soetwater from Hope Pentecostal says too many innocent lives are being lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe want the police to stop the drug lords, it\u2019s because of drugs that crime is happening in our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a community, we feel that we cannot always trust them because when we call them, they don\u2019t act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soetwater says the crime is getting out of hand. \u201cThey shot a taxi driver last week and he died. We all came together because we feel that we are a community, our lives matter. We need police protection.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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