WESTERN CAPE – SAPS and other law enforcement partners are out in full force in the Province to ensure that the threatening taxi strike is effectively policed, and to maintain law and order unconditionally. Our focus will be on all affected areas such as Harare, Khayelitsha and Langa, with special emphasis on the City Centre to ensure that no disruption takes place.
Several incidents of public violence have been recorded where busses, trucks and private vehicles have been torched and stoned in Khayelitsha, Harare, Wynberg, Atlantis, Hout Bay and Milnerton and elsewhere in the Peninsula.
All the incidents of public violence reported since yesterday are under police investigation in a bid to bring the perpetrators to book. CCTV footage, forensic evidence and other leads are being pursued in this regard.
Any person who has fell victim of a crime associated with the strike action is encouraged to report the incident to police immediately so that the circumstances can be investigated. It is our warning that the public should also be vigilant at all times and apply the necessary personal protection.
SAPS would like to ensure the Western Cape community that our members will remain on high alert and deployed to bring to an end any acts of violence that may threaten their safety.
We will not tolerate any acts of criminality and in the event of crime taking place, our officials will not hesitate to take decisive action.
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