Media Alert

29 July 2014

PHILIPPI - The Deputy Minister of Police, Ms Makhotso Maggie Sotyu, with the Western Cape SAPS top brass, will this morning visit the Zantsi family in Philippi Township, after the family lost three additional family members in a fatal shooting spree during a memorial prayer service of another family member killed.

"We will not allow heinous criminals to run havoc in our communities. With a proactive coordinated and precise crime combating strategy, the South African Police Service will continue with the dismantling of the infamous title given to this area as the 'murder capital of South Africa', by ensuring that these hardened criminals are legally wiped out from the streets of our communities, says the Deputy Minister of Police.

The Deputy Minister of Police will get a progress report on the criminal case opened on this triple murder, at the Nyanga Police Station in Nyanga on Tuesday, 29th July 2014 at 10.30am, and afterwards will proceed to visit the Zantsi family home in Philippi at 11am.

Media is invited.

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Ms Nomsa Hani

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Head of Office & Spokesperson
Deputy Minister of Police
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