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Original Post Date: 2007-06-11 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
By NIYANTA SINGH and SHAN PILLAY
The gruesome discovery of the burnt body of a young woman on the banks of the Dorpspruit, adjacent to the N3 Liberty Midlands Mall off-ramp, has heightened the fears of more than 200 families living nearby.
So deeply affected is the community that it intends forming a vigilante group.
Women are afraid to venture out by themselves to go to work, especially if they have to return late in the afternoon.
Gerald Harry, a member of the Central Police Forum in the area, said crime was “really beyond control”.
“In the past few months there have been more than 20 people raped, besides dozens brutally assaulted, robbed, stabbed and set alight.”
Earlier this year, in separate incidents, two women were found burnt to death in the area, near Gumtree Road. Last week, a young man was found stabbed to death there.
“The community in this area is fed up with the SAPS because the response to crime is so slow. The community now wants to set up a vigilante group,” said Harry.
“When we leave our womenfolk and children alone at home to go to work, we fear the worst.
“Crime in the area takes place mainly in the early mornings when people are going to work, or when they return late in the evening. Gangs seem to operate in the vacant field at the corner of Gumtree and Fitzsimons roads. We have asked the police to monitor the area at those times, but there has been no response
“It’s the same with the ambulances. Sometimes you wait for 45 minutes or more before they respond,” said Harry.
A walkabout in the Jika Joe and Nhlagweni informal settlements revealed that residents were afraid to venture out after dark. Some said they constantly looked over their shoulders to see if they were being followed.
Faizel Chetty, a resident in the Fitzsimmons Road area, said the Msunduzi Municipality was partly responsible for the crime in the area.
“There is very poor lighting and the community has asked that the staircases leading to our area from the Manning Road overhead bridge be sealed off, because criminal elements standing there have a clear view of the village. They can easily see when we leave our homes.”
A resident of the Jika Joe settlement said most of the criminal elements came from outside the area – from Bulwer, Edendale and Imbali.
The area most targeted by criminals is a public toilet at the corner of East and Manning roads.
Midlands SAPS spokesperson Supt Joshua Gwala said the burnt body found this week had not been identified.