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The violence in the area continues with the City of Cape Town law enforcement team (below) battling to patrol the gang-ridden communities. In July 2019 the army was deployed to the Cape Flats after more than 70 people were killed over three days of fighting, a move that has been deemed by many as unsuccessful.
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Under the power of the gun

Children in the Cape Flats see violence very early in their lives and many end up in jail or killed. One of them, now a reformed gangster, walks us through his early traumatic…

  • Catherine Sofianos
11 min read