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eThekwini mayor James Nxumalo (in the brown coat) visited the KwaMashu hostel area with a contingent of police yesterday and went to the crime scenes where a policeman, a community member and a councillor were killed at the weekend.<\/p>\n
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More than 100 police officers from across the country have been sent to restore order in the community of KwaMashu, following the murders of a councillor, Themba Xulu, a policeman and a community member at the weekend. <\/p>\n
eThekwini mayor James Nxumalo visited the area yesterday to speak to residents about crime in the community. <\/p>\n
He met the Tactical Response Team and the Public Order Policing Unit before being escorted to the sites of the murders by bodyguards and police. <\/p>\n
Celiwe Shezi was shot and killed on Saturday during an IFP march protesting against Xulu\u2019s kidnapping. The next day, a policeman, who has yet to be named, was shot dead close by. <\/p>\n
The killings led to Community Safety and Liaison MEC Willies Mchunu calling an emergency meeting of police officials and the IFP and NFP leaders on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Witnesses said gunmen, posing as police officers, handcuffed Xulu at his house and forced him into their vehicle on Friday. <\/p>\n
On Sunday his bullet riddled corpse was found in a sugarcane field near Inanda. <\/p>\n
Nxumalo said: \u201cThis area [KwaMashu] is a hotspot for|political intolerance and crime in Durban. <\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are mugged and murdered here. Women and children are being raped. We hope that the presence of more police will help to restore order,\u201d he told the community. <\/p>\n
The mayor said providing proper housing would help to deal with lawlessness and restore family values. <\/p>\n
During the recent violence, residents had overturned the rubbish skips to barricade the roads. Nxumalo\u2019s convoy of vehicles had to negotiate garbage scattered on the muddy roads. <\/p>\n
Members of the community watched the mayor from their old hostel buildings and shacks of corrugated iron, plastic and mud. Between these had sprung up some new and colourful flats \u2013 built by the municipality as part of the city\u2019s housing programme. <\/p>\n
Community policing forum member Makhosi Ndebele said Nxumalo had visited the area last month and promised to work with the community policing forum to fight crime. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are still waiting for the date of the next meeting with him. Murder is high in this area. Rape is also high although it has slightly decreased,\u201d Ndebele said. <\/p>\n
Commenting on the violence, KwaZulu-Natal violence monitor Mary de Haas said the situation was unlikely to escalate into full-scale political violence in the province \u2013 reminiscent of the IFP\/ANC clashes of the 1990s. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to see sporadic incidents. Life in the hostels has been the same since 1994. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere were always political clashes. The difference now is that the clashes are between the IFP and NFP,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
De Haas said the government should show perpetrators that \u201ccrime does not pay\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe hostel system is a violent system. A men\u2019s hostel is like a military barracks. Most of these hostels are dismal and lead to people being intimidated,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Cope MP Graham McIntosh said Xulu\u2019s murder showed political intolerance. \u201cThis barbaric act doesn\u2019t have a place in society and we should encourage people to report those who are suspected to have had a hand in Xulu\u2019s murder,\u201d said McIntosh. <\/p>\n
Police spokesman Colonel Jay Naicker said KZN police commissioner Mmamonye Ngobeni had reached an agreement with the NFP and IFP to resolve political tension. <\/p>\n
Mchunu has also made an appeal to political parties to cooperate with the police. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want to call on people to refrain from taking the law into their own hands as this will deepen divisions and heighten tensions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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