A hi-tech CCTV surveillance system valued at nearly R1-million has done little to stop gunshot salutes at funerals at Redhill Cemetery in Durban North. At the weekend residents near the cemetery dived for cover when a gunfire salute of more than a hundred bullets rang out over the suburb.Residents have complained for years that graveside shooting puts their lives in danger, prompting the city to beef up security by installing a hi-tech CCTV surveillance system last year."The number of incidents have diminished but it is still happening."Mourners are still firing their weapons at funerals and residents are still forced to run for cover," Mvoti Neighbourhood Watch spokesman Eric van Rensburg said yesterday.Resident Brent Riley said that "nothing was going to be done to stop it"."This has happened for 16 years and I've tried everything to stop it. Bullets are often found in my swimming pool and yard," he said.eThekwini parks and recreation department head Thembinkosi Ngcobo rejected the claims yesterday."Normally, if we are aware that a person involved in anti-social activity is being buried, we take precautions accordingly."Most of the time gunfire salutes happen if a person died during a gunfight, or while stealing a car, or commiting a crime," Ngcobo said...