Ramaphosa labels violence ‘unacceptable’ amid tavern shootings
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country cannot allow violent criminals to continue terrorising law-abiding citizens.
This after 21 people lost their lives in separate taverns shootings this past weekend.
Fifteen people died in a mass shooting, while four people died in similar circumstances in Pietermaritzburg.
In Katlehong on the East Rand, two people also died during a similar shooting attack at a tavern on Friday night.
Ramaphosa called on security agencies and community members to assist in bringing the perpetrators to book.
“As a nation, we cannot allow violent criminals to terrorise us in this way, regardless of where such incidents may occur.
“As the government, citizens, and structures of civil society we must all work together even more closely to improve social and economic conditions in communities, reduce violent crime and stamp out the illicit circulation of firearms.
“Every single violent death is unacceptable and worrying, and killings on the scale we have seen in Soweto, Pietermaritzburg and previously Khayelitsha must spur us into a collective effort to build communities and make South Africa an unsafe place for criminals.”
