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The Gangsterism and Social Dysfunction seminar has heard that police alone cannot deal effectively with the sub-culture of gangs and the evolution of gangsterism.
It is hosted by University of the Western Cape (UWC).
The seminar brought together key stakeholders from civil society organisations, including police, government and communities to reflect on the roots, consequences and possible responses to the scourge of gangsterism.
Former Western Cape detectives head, Jeremy Veary says police and other law enforcement agencies must be empowered to deal with the sub-culture of gangs.
“The sub-culture of the numbers of gangs has been around with us for 200 years and it cannot be addressed by policing on its own, but it makes our gangs as organised as they are today. When you have a boy of 15 telling you he wants to grow up to be a 28 general, then you realise that education has failed, churches have failed, every form of model education has failed. So, those are challenges that need to be addressed.”
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