ANA reports that the Service and Allied Workers Union of SA (Sawusa) says it will “with immediate effect” embark on anti-crime campaigns to counter the rising number of murders linked to gangsters in Cape Town.  

The union said it noted “with concern” the crime statistics that indicated that in the past six months about 2,000 people were murdered on the streets of the Cape Flats.  Police are on record as saying there are as many as 150 known gangs operating in the city.  Sawusa, which was launched last month, said it was “deeply concerned” with the escalation in wanton acts of crime and violence that has culminated in the callous murder of young people, especially among the working class communities on the Cape Flats.  “Sawusa will, with immediate effect, embark on, and spearhead a series of anti-crime campaigns involving all sectors of our society through the creation of awareness crusades including the convening of an inter-faith forum to address the challenges confronting the working class on the Cape Flats,” said Samantha Cloete, general secretary of the union, at the weekend.  The union also said it was well aware that Cape Town remained one of the most unequal societies in the world.

Read the full original of the report on the above at The Citizen

Read Sawusa’s press statement at SA Labour News

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