Police committee begins gang violence inquiry

Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police is set to begin an inquiry into gang-related violence, with a focus on finding long-term and sustainable solutions to the scourge. The committee will hold a solutions-based summit tomorrow, bringing together victims of gang violence, civil society organisations, community groups and people working on the ground to combat gang-related crime. Westbury residents are once again living in fear following a deadly shooting in nearby Newclare on Saturday night. The death toll in the shooting incident in Newclare, west of Johannesburg, has risen to four. To discuss why the state is yet to break the grip of gangs on some of the country's most crime-ravaged communities, we are now joined by Police Portfolio Committee chairperson Ian Cameron and anti-gang activist and member of the Gauteng Legislature, Bishop Dulton Adams


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