'The body count continues to rise': 31 people killed in Cape Town in ONE WEEK! 

Five main factors: 1. Unemployment 2 Corrupt cops 3 Discouraged good cops 4 Gangs 5 Substance abuse (tik and alcohol being the worst) At the very least we should look for new approaches to substance abuse, looking at the example set by Portugal who, by decriminalizing all drugs, have managed to undercut the profit motive enjoyed by the gangs. As to unemployment, it's up to Uncle Cyril to deliver on his promises by cutting down drastically on our bloated public service and working together with the private sector to create wealth at all levels of society

The problem lies not with JP Smith or the police. It lies with the communities.

Very sad, life in these hard areas is cheap, disposable, youngsters aspire to the gangster life style, it cant be stopped ,its a cult thing, runs deep into the communities, very sad

The culture of gangsterism is the issue. Add tik and other substances and it's a continuous cycle that will ravage on for the forseeable future.

People think I'm crazy when they hear I moved out of Cape Town. The violence and crime is the number one reason Godwilling I won't move back to Cape Town

We get out of this situation by voting a party that is competent to govern, cutting red tape, ripping up policies that smack of racism, ensure ecomonic growth for all with job creation and holding people accountable in government at all levels in doing their job and providing a service to the people of SA who pay for their salary.

because it's happening mostly in the cape flats and not in affluent areas, so it's not a priority for people in government

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Dr. L. MacMaster, we are not addressing the root causes. Addressing the symtoms is feeding into narratives propagated by the political and corparate powers that be. 1. Moving forward by dismantelling the systems that has brought us here. 2. Progressive implemntation of mechanisms that will develope and support strong family. 3. Investing in each and every individuals future. Ensuring quality education. Skills base, giving our people opportunity to grow economically. 4. Set targets to achieve such a plan. it will take time. 30 years ago China embarked on a plan the results are clear. If RSA persist in catering for the wealthy and worry about corporate interest as appose to lifting our people out of poverty. The farcical notion that building the economy by providing for the wealthy must end. Greed is their game. Exploiting the poor. Lastly i would like to add is stop having this sensational, inconsequential discussions, start a revolution lets do something radical to show that we are serious that we are prepared for such sacrifice.

Discipline and values starts in the home and community! Where are all the”fathers” the “ men” in South Africa? The ones that should be an example to the next generation?

Social Development should be overhauled its a pathetic service at all levels.

It’s worst than a war zone…..

JP Smiith has it covered. He spends his entire budget as MEC of Safety and Security on fancy tech to hunt down expired car disks and parking fines... That'll make us safe and secure... #FIREJPSMITH

Cannot be writing a thesis and be thinking like this. He is not asking the right questions.

I lived MANY years in Cape town and was once sent a video by a Colored male who was on a social media group I was in, and I was DM'ed a video which shows a surprise head shot assassination of a young happy laughing Colored male who clearly thought the killer was his friend, and the killer was the person shooting the video, and I asked why was he murdered. "Because he was full of Shit", was the answer. I think the real fact was this was a ritual killing for rank in a gang, and the one member was selected by the group to be the sacrifice. There was another case in Mitchell's Plain where a Muslim male youth, about 12-14, who was not a member of any gang, and who was a good kid in a conservative family, was selected to be murdered by youths in the area who were his own age, and then the killers mutilated the victim's face, and took photos of the victim on the victim's phone, and then sent the photos to his mother and family in his contacts. I also remember the gang-related rape and murder of Valencia Farmer in Eerste Rivier in June 1999. This is how perverted the situation is. TIK is another scourge that has destroyed empathy and respect within communities. Corrupt cops, or the state itself, allow it to happen. Overcrowding and sub economic poverty levels are another major impact. They have shown in rat experiments what happens in overcrowding situations, and all the behaviors of murder and rape and gangsterism become manifested in the rats. (Google "Sloan's Rat Utopia behavioural sink" to learn more about the rats research) All of the affected areas must be evaluated in terms of the criteria of "Behavioural Sink" environments, and wrt overcrowding. and i BET the behavioral sink parameters will be showing. Those who traditionally transfer a value system to youth, ie parents, are not able to make any impression on the youth. Schools are no longer safe learning places, but are arenas for peer-induced negative behaviors. This is not the fault of the present city government, or this or that political party. It is a value system crisis that permeates the entire Colored community, and requires a serious collective conscience evaluation of the Shadow aspects of the community. The problem is in the Community. The Solution is (ONLY) to be found in the Community. No outside help can fix this. It is a Youth value system crisis, and the inculturation of youth into gang structures. The pervasive reach of the Numbers prison gangs of south Africa into life outside of prison, is another factor, to the extent that such thinking and collective mindset has infiltrated every aspect of the people's family life and neighbourhood. .

Where is DA? never thought there is unemployment under DA, so DA cannot create employment aswell what a shame empty vessel crime is caused by inequality and unemployment address that the rest will be history

I migrated away from the area, it's just too dangerous and awful. I'm so glad to have left CT. Happily living in rural eastern Cape now.

explains to me how it is possible that Cape town the best run city in the country

Capetown is the most dangerous city in SA now😢

Where is the army ….

Crime pays

I don't understand why good people do nothing.

I wouldn't live in Cape Town if you paid me all the money in China. No thank you.