{"id":268638,"date":"2025-07-07T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/?p=268638"},"modified":"2025-07-07T15:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:40:27","slug":"community-leaders-call-for-united-front-to-end-mitchells-plain-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/community-leaders-call-for-united-front-to-end-mitchells-plain-shootings\/","title":{"rendered":"Community leaders call for united front to end Mitchell&#8217;s Plain shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cOut there is a feeling of hopelessness. Mense weet nie wat om te doen nie. Kan ek uitgaan vandag? Kan ek my kinders skool toe vat en veilig terugkom? Kan ek winkel toe gaan, kan ek werk toe gaan, kan ek kerk toe gaan?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These were the words of Norman Janjies, the chairperson of the Mitchell\u2019s Plain Community Police Forum (CPF). He was addressing an emergency Mitchell\u2019s Plain Integrated Action (Impact) community dialogue on Saturday 5 July in response to the gang warfare that claimed the lives of several people, most of them young people, last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey (youth) are the perpetrators and the victims,\u201d Janjies said. The engagement called together representatives from civil and government institutions, including correctional services, neighbourhood watches and activists to address the escalated gang warfare. Despite the short notice, about 60 people attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-clear-stats-on-shootings\">No clear stats on shootings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week at least six people were killed and six injured in dozens of shootings in several Mitchell\u2019s Plain suburbs. Neighbourhood watch groups say among those killed was a 15-year-old boy on Friday. Lieut Col Malcolm Pojie, commander for the Provincial Media Centre, did not confirm how many people were killed but the commissioner\u2019s office issued a statement last Thursday saying that five people were killed and seven injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pojie said on Monday: \u201cReinforcements and specialised units have been deployed in affected areas where gang violence erupted last week. Integrated forces will be deployed until calm has been restored in these areas. Most of the reported cases are investigated by specialised units such as the anti-gang unit. We appeal to members of the public who may have any information regarding gang violence or planned gang activities to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or the MySAPS mobile application, anonymously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This response meets one of the demands of Saturday&#8217;s engagement. The three-hour engagement was facilitated by criminologist Professor Irvin Kinnes, who asked the group to address two questions; what is causing the deadly violence and how could it be stopped? From this, they formulated what Kinnes called a \u201cshopping list\u201d of the priorities, which included getting the shootings to stop immediately, setting up a \u201cnerve centre\u201d at the CPF office at Mitchell\u2019s Plain Police Station and calling an urgent meeting with the national and provincial police commissioners, politicians and the department of justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-whole-society-approach\">&#8220;Whole society&#8221; approach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Janjies said: \u201cWe, together with other partners, have developed a gang strategy and, of course, we are very disappointed, because it is essentially the community and one or two departments, it\u2019s not the whole of government, and many people have been saying that if you really want to address the problem of gangsterism and gang violence we need a whole of society approach. Otherwise we are going to go nowhere. It\u2019s not just a problem for the police, it\u2019s a problem for all of us and many government departments are lacking in Mitchell\u2019s Plain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Janjies the CPFs and their partners have made \u201csome headway\u201d with these strategies, but the initiative is coming mostly from the community. \u201cOne of the resolutions today that I am appealing for is that we go and see the people that can make a difference, even if it means having an engagement with the president, the premier, the mayor. They must all come to the party because we don\u2019t want to see them when there is a murder and then they come with a food parcel and assistance with the funeral. We want to deal with this issue on an on-going basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gang-violence-crisis\">Gang violence crisis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Good Secretary-General Brett Heron, who was not at the engagement, agreed with this sentiment. He issued a statement on behalf of the party saying: \u201cAccording to the police, these attacks were carried out in broad daylight.\u201d He added that the lack of resources and government investment in the Cape Flats is aggravating the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cResidents in these areas live in a city where opportunities are walled off by poverty, geography, and decades of broken promises,\u201d he said. He added: \u201cCape Town needs a real plan to dismantle the root causes of gang violence \u2013 poor schooling, high unemployment, lack of affordable housing near jobs, and the deliberate abandonment of the Cape Flats.\u201d The engagement also tabled several longer term priorities, which included addressing the breakdown in family values and engaging the youth before they are caught in the gangsters\u2019 nets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe key idea is, let us build unity and let us build partnerships,\u201d Michael Jacobs, Lentegeur Community Police Forum (CPF) chairperson, said. On Monday morning, Mitchell\u2019s Plain Police Station station commander, Brig Brian Muller, described the mood in the area as calm. Jacobs concurred saying the area was quiet \u201cbut still tense\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/westridge-residents-urged-to-stay-indoors-after-shooting-leaves-one-dead\/\">Westridge residents urged to stay indoors after shooting leaves one dead<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"268639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/community-leaders-call-for-united-front-to-end-mitchells-plain-shootings\/img_0614_98313-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0614_98313-1-e1757583700573.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0614_98313\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Community Police Forums in Mitchell\u2019s Plain called an emergency engagement dialogue to address the gang violence last week. From left are CPF chairpersons Michael Jacobs (Lentegeur), Norman Janjies (Mitchell\u2019s Plain) and Francina Lucas (Provincial Board). On the right is criminologist Prof Irvin Kinnes.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Originally published in a monograph by Professor Irvin Kinnes, the statistics were drawn from South African Police Service estimates more than two decades ago&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0614_98313-1-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_0614_98313-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Community Police Forums in Mitchell\u2019s Plain called an emergency engagement dialogue to address the gang violence last week. From left are CPF chairpersons Michael Jacobs (Lentegeur), Norman Janjies (Mitchell\u2019s Plain) and Francina Lucas (Provincial Board). On the right is criminologist Prof Irvin Kinnes.\" class=\"wp-image-268639\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Community Police Forums in Mitchell\u2019s Plain called an emergency engagement dialogue to address the gang violence last week. From left are CPF chairpersons Michael Jacobs (Lentegeur), Norman Janjies (Mitchell\u2019s Plain) and Francina Lucas (Provincial Board). On the right is criminologist Prof Irvin Kinnes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least six dead, many injured in gang violence. 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