ActionSA supports the Overcome Heights community’s protest against gang violence [SOUND]

# ActionSA says it supports the community of Overcome Heights, where mothers chained themselves to the gates of Parliament yesterday. They were protesting over the surge in gang violence on the Cape Flats, calling on president Cyril Ramaphosa to act. The party has requested that the president declare a state of emergency on the Cape Flats. ActionSA’s Matthew George says a state of emergency will allow the necessary resources and operational capacity to deliver a decisive blow to gangs: