By Mashamba Media
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Loyiso Toyiya and Vincent Ndou, who are leaders in Diepsloot, have asked all community members to form part of the March that will take place this morning from 8M.
They said that crimes appallingly increases in a daily basis and have called on the government to come to their rescue.
Around 4pm last night, residents met at Sarafina Park where they planned how they will move from their place of meeting to the police station.
As soon as they dispersed, gunshots echoed in different extensions in the township, causing fear among the residents.
Scrolla.Africa reported that two people were shot and killed at a taxi rank in extension 11 around 8 PM last night.
While police attended to that crime scene, other residents called for police’s intervention in other areas as they were also under attack by criminals.
Residents whistled and residents came out in numbers to protest against what happened.
In the past 14 days, more than 12 people have been murdered — some in their homes, others on their way to and from work.
“Our people are still perishing in the hands of criminals. We bury our loved ones on the weekly basis.
“In the past two weeks we experienced the bombing of all the filling stations around our area,” said the statement.
They said in the same process many people also lost their lives.
They said a police officer was gunned down in the robbery that took place in one of those filling stations.
“A taxi owner became a victim of the same crime that is uncontrollable in our area.
“A family lost three members at the same time when this merciless criminals took their lives with the barrel of a gun.
“Our people when they come back from work are getting killed in the streets of Diepsloot.
“A butcher owner was also killed at the time of closing his business at Ext 11. Just last night at Ext 05, a man was gunned down in the presence of his wife.
“Enough is enough. We can’t live like this…we must make a stand and cry out to our government to intervene.
” They’ve got a constitutional responsibility of protecting their own citizens. Let’s all come in our numbers this Friday and make our voice heard,” they said.
Image: Thulani Mbele (TimesLive)
That protest was sparked when at least 20 people were killed in the first three months of the year (January to March), making it one of the most dangerous places to live in Gauteng.
