Anti-Gang Unit revs into gear, as Ramaphosa hands over 50 BMWs

[daveza]

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...gear-as-ramaphosa-hands-over-50-bmws-20181102

A fleet of brand new BMWs were officially handed over by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Western Cape’s new Anti-Gang Unit during a launch in Hanover Park, Cape Town, on Friday.

SAPS paraded 50 unmarked BMWs, to be used specifically by detectives, in front of thousands of screaming Hanover Park residents at the Downsberg Sports Field.

"Today [Friday] we are launching a national anti-gang strategy," Ramaphosa said during his keynote address.

"This strategy that has been given to me by the minister, crafted by the commissioner of police and his top police management, is a strategy that we are going to unfold.

50 BMWs ? And they came from where ?

Unmarked - I can't imagine brand new BMWs with sunroofs are a common site on the Flats !


"

 

[Wasabee!]

50 BMWs ? And they came from where ?

Unmarked - I can't imagine brand new BMWs with sunroofs are a common site on the Flats !


"

lol exactly and 50 of them. Sounds like a tender to me. Should've made them GTIs like the ghost squad.

 

[crocopede]

You can focus on the negative but this is actually a good thing. The gangs there are out of control

 

[ForceFate]

https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/...gear-as-ramaphosa-hands-over-50-bmws-20181102



50 BMWs ? And they came from where ?

Unmarked - I can't imagine brand new BMWs with sunroofs are a common site on the Flats !


"

Lol. Have you ever seen what gangsters drive?

 

[R13...]

Have the ANC now given up on letting gangs reign as part of their grand plan to make the WC ungovernable?

 

[ForceFate]

lol exactly and 50 of them. Sounds like a tender to me. Should've made them GTIs like the ghost squad.

But what if it's a tender? We all wanted a dedicated gang fighting team and this is it

 

[ForceFate]

Have the ANC now given up on letting gangs reign as part of their grand plan to make the WC ungovernable?

They may be taking advantage of the current divisions within the DA. If this project delivers tangible results, it will be touted in rallies across the countries as victory by the ANC (the thin line conveniently blurred).

 

[The_Mowgs]

But what if it's a tender? We all wanted a dedicated gang fighting team and this is it

The point being that it was stupid to give them 50 BMW and equally stupid to make a press statement regarding it. It is supposed to be low key but now the whole world knows what they drive.

If you have ever been on the flats you would know why this was a mistake. Should have given them Nissan Sentra's and Honda Civic's etc...

 

[ForceFate]

The point being that it was stupid to give them 50 BMW and equally stupid to make a press statement regarding it. It is supposed to be low key but now the whole world knows what they drive.

If you have ever been on the flats you would know why this was a mistake. Should have given them Nissan Sentra's and Honda Civic's etc...

It's obvious these are going to be nothing more than patrol and pursuit cars. What they use for undercover operations is probably classified.

 

[Knyro]

lol exactly and 50 of them. Sounds like a tender to me. Should've made them GTIs like the ghost squad.

They'd blend in better too.

 

[Fulcrum29]

They may be taking advantage of the current divisions within the DA. If this project delivers tangible results, it will be touted in rallies across the countries as victory by the ANC (the thin line conveniently blurred).

Which is ill since the DA and communities in the Western Cape has demanded this crime unit's reinstatement for yonks now.

 

[ForceFate]

Which is ill since the DA and communities in the Western Cape has demanded this crime unit's reinstatement for yonks now.

Politics...dirty game.

 

[zizo911]

I have one of those... And I stay in Hanover Park....

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Couple years and they'll be down to a third of them ....... sad reading when you look into these things over the long term because government can't be arsed funding the police regularly and properly

 

[thechamp]

Have the ANC now given up on letting gangs reign as part of their grand plan to make the WC ungovernable?

They are probably thinking their chances of winning it back are good, they don't want to win back an ungovernable province.

 

[Chris_the_Brit]

Lol the ANC are claiming credit for this yet the DA - and especially Zille - have been calling for this for years.

Must be an election around the corner...

Oh.

 

[daveza]

They are probably thinking their chances of winning it back are good

 

[thechamp]

Lol the ANC are claiming credit for this yet the DA - and especially Zille - have been calling for this for years.

Must be an election around the corner...

Oh.

The ANC doing something and giving credit to the DA? Nah, it won't work.

 

[Seriously]

Lets count Down.....

50 Remaining........

/Waiting for Hijacking......

 

[thechamp]

Which is ill since the DA and communities in the Western Cape has demanded this crime unit's reinstatement for yonks now.

It is finally here, but guess what? people have found something to moan about.