A video clip of gunshots fired between alleged gang members in Manenberg has emerged on YouTube.
|||Cape Town - A video clip of gunshots fired between alleged gang members in Manenberg has emerged on YouTube.
About 21 gunshots can be heard during the 71-second video. A man’s voice says: “Whose running now? He’s the only one with a gun hey.”
A child replies: “No, there is lots of guns. Yoh, they are running into the fire.” Loud gunfire, shouting, the sounds of running footsteps and police sirens can be heard in the background.
“Daar skiet hulle die een. (There they shoot the one.) Ek dink hulle het hom geskiet (I think they shot him),” says the child.
Manenberg is one of the suburbs that have been in the grip of gang warfare over the past several weeks.
On Monday, a 30-year-old man died after being shot in the neck and a 25-year-old was injured in the same shooting in Sonderend Road. Last week a woman was shot in both legs as she slept beside her children. Another woman was shot the same day.
Facebook users expressed their shock. Gabbi Apple Norkett said: “… disgusted does not begin to explain how I feel. Who is to blame for these people blatantly taking the lives of other people?”
Chanelle Manuel wrote: “In broad daylight… not a single person in sight… living in fear… just hearing those gunshots is freaking scary.”
Sonia Charmaine Morta wrote: “It saddens me to think that the kids of this area have to live in the midst of this. They have to be locked behind closed doors and can’t play outside like normal kids should.”
Chad Jacobs said it sounded like the wild west. “… and the bullets just keep flying… No respect for life anymore.”
Leon Hans felt that politicians were failing miserably. “Can someone share this with our highly paid elected public servants please (aka politicians). They are being paid millions to protect innocent people. Failing miserably and hiding behind electric fences until the next election.”
natasha.bezuidenhout@inl.co.za
Cape Argus