Logic Chatikobo

Mourners gathered yesterday at the memorial service of the Soshanguve mass shooting victims, as the death toll in the brutal killings at the Mary Me Informal settlement in Soshanguve in Gauteng rose to seven.

SABC news confirmed that the seventh community patroller died of his injuries in the hospital.

It has been announced that all residents in the informal settlement are calling for the settlement to be formalised as they are believing that doing so will help them to deal accordingly with the crime.

Residents are also calling the government to eliminate illegal immigrants as they believe that they are the major culprits behind this criminal activities. Residents raised their concerns during a community Imbizo with Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi.

All the loss of the seven people has caused by violent crime and a week ago, six community patrollers were shot and killed. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has announced the passing of seventh patroller and during his address the community complained that they are no longer feel safe. Lesufi promised during his addressing that task team has been deployed to deal with criminality.

“The criminality that is here at Mary Me, we have elevated it for a special attention and we have deployed special additional police to patrol and work in Marry Me.

” So, in terms of crime, the police will increase their numbers and the police will work with the community and ensure that their presence is felt,” says Lesufi.

Lesufi emphasized that the Task Team will not only focus on Marry Me, but the whole Soshanguve area and surrounding townships in the North of Pretoria.

Imbizo was also attended by Gauteng Community Safety MEC Faith Mazibuko, Gauteng Education MEC Matone Chiloane and Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile.