South Africa: 'They Failed Us' - Gang Violence Victims Demand Justice From Parliament

South Africa: 'They Failed Us' - Gang Violence Victims Demand Justice From Parliament

Families told a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday how their loved ones were killed in gang violence

'They failed us': Gang violence victims demand justice from Parliament

Words: Matthew Hirsch/GroundUp ‘I don’t know what to say about the police … They failed us so much,’ Jane Douglas from Atlantis, who lost two of her sons to gang violence, told Parliament’s police portfolio committee on Wednesday. The summit on gang-related violence marks the first official meeting of Parliament’s inquiry into gang violence in Cape Town, following a mandate from the National Assembly adopted in November last year. Previous meeti…

“They failed us”: Gang violence victims demand justice from Parliament

Families told a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday how their loved ones were killed in gang violence

Parly inquiry into gang violence in WCape, in hopes of eradication

Parliament has begun its inquiry into gang violence in the Western Cape.     It opened its investigation with the Parliamentary Summit on Gang-Related Violence on Wednesday, which also involved affected members of the public, researchers and policing authorities in the discussion.    The inquiry is aimed at examining the causes and effects of gang-related violence, including the criminal networks, illicit firearms, drug markets and financial sys…