DA demands stronger policing after deadly Khayelitsha and Lwandle shootings [SOUND]

# The DA says stronger action is needed to tackle gun violence in the Western Cape following two separate shootings in Khayelitsha and Lwandle over the weekend. The party’s Benedicta van Minnen says Lwandle urgently needs a permanent, properly resourced police station, while more must be done to improve investigations and prosecutions. Van Minnen added illegal firearms are fuelling violent crime, while the province recorded a 5.5-percent conviction rate for illegal firearm possession: