LETTER: Tom Eaton got it right on politicians and crime in SA
The police service should be ashamed of itself for allowing gang violence to escalate
Tom Eaton hit the nail on the head when he pointed out in his column (Politicians Pick Selfish Battles While Citizens Live in Terror, July 9 (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2019-07-09-tom-eaton-politicians-pick-selfish-battles-while-citizens-live-in-terror/)) that it has almost become unfashionable to talk about SA’s outrageous crime levels.
For those living near Cape Flats communities, including Philippi where five women were gunned down on a single night last weekend, it is heart-wrenching to know that the people we see with smiles on their faces every day working in the still relatively safe suburbs, duck bullets from gangs when they return to their families at night...
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