Sending troops to the Western Cape to fight gang violence will not make anyone safer - it was tried before and it did not work then either. The government has chosen this - and many are cheering it - because those whose voices matter in this country now seem to believe that the solution to all our problems is people in uniforms with guns. This threatens democracy and people's safety.
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2026-02-19
