Q&A with Western Cape police commissioner Thembisile Patekile

Armed gangs in Cape Town have brought work on railway lines to a halt and forced Eskom to cut services to its biggest township. Chris Barron asked Western Cape police commissioner Thembisile Patekile ...

11 September 2022 - 00:00 By Chris Barron

Where are your police while gangs with AK-47s terrorise workers fixing railway lines?..

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