Dickens said that the police together with the Zwelihle neighbourhood watch have continued mounting operations every weekend throughout the night against shebeens. Despite successes in closing down most illegal operations, new premises spring up weekly...
Poaching continues to thrive and acts a a funding source for criminal activities, providing mainly weapons and drugs. “The use of extortion via protection rackets and threats of bodily harm are consequences of poaching activities and the wealth associated with it. This is centered on the shebeens where most of the drunkenness and violence take place.”
“The housing department is not coping, less than half the people who were originally issued with houses in Kwasa Kwasa are not living in these homes and are now living in shacks attached to the homes because they can rent out their houses, or have sold out at ridiculous prices out of desperation and intimidation,” he added: “The crime situation was exacerbated this year with resentment against Somali shops which have sprung up all over Zwehlihle, resulting in attacks and robberies on the Somalis.
Referring to the bloody taxi war in Zwelihle this year that was brought about mainly by illegal taxis transporting immigrants from the Eastern Cape and taking local business away from the legal taxis, Dickens said a group of eight hit men have been arrested and the murders have stopped for the time being.
He said the increase in house break-ins in Zwelihle signals a situation where there are a lot of hungry and desperate people in the township.
“This form of crime will not stop unless we limit immigration into the area, there are simply not enough job opportunities to satisfy the ever increasing influx of people.”- Hermanus Times
Poaching continues to thrive and acts a a funding source for criminal activities, providing mainly weapons and drugs. “The use of extortion via protection rackets and threats of bodily harm are consequences of poaching activities and the wealth associated with it. This is centered on the shebeens where most of the drunkenness and violence take place.”
“The housing department is not coping, less than half the people who were originally issued with houses in Kwasa Kwasa are not living in these homes and are now living in shacks attached to the homes because they can rent out their houses, or have sold out at ridiculous prices out of desperation and intimidation,” he added: “The crime situation was exacerbated this year with resentment against Somali shops which have sprung up all over Zwehlihle, resulting in attacks and robberies on the Somalis.
Referring to the bloody taxi war in Zwelihle this year that was brought about mainly by illegal taxis transporting immigrants from the Eastern Cape and taking local business away from the legal taxis, Dickens said a group of eight hit men have been arrested and the murders have stopped for the time being.
He said the increase in house break-ins in Zwelihle signals a situation where there are a lot of hungry and desperate people in the township.
“This form of crime will not stop unless we limit immigration into the area, there are simply not enough job opportunities to satisfy the ever increasing influx of people.”- Hermanus Times
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