43 weekend murders in Cape despite heavier police presence, says Winde
South African National Defence Force troops have arrived in the Western Cape, however, by Friday they had not deployed as initially announced by Police Minister Bheki Cele. The correct authorisations and paperwork still needed to be completed before they could be deployed.
"We welcome the fact that 143 arrests were made, and guns and drugs confiscated, but despite this heavier police presence, and Minister Bheki Cele himself going out on patrol, 43 people were still murdered - some of them in the very areas where the operation was targeted. "However, Minister Cele has taken this to mean that we have withdrawn our Intergovernmental Dispute. The dispute is still in place. We agreed to work together, and committed that our government will partner in anyway possible to make this province safer.
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