DA calls for urgent intervention as Glebelands Hostel death toll rises to 98
7 August 2017
The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal is deeply concerned by the upsurge in violence and deaths at the Glebelands Hostel with yet another person shot earlier today. This brings the total number of people killed in the past three weeks to six, while a total of 98 hostel residents have lost their lives since 2014.
The situation at Glebelands cannot be allowed to become any worse than it already is. The DA will today write to the Chairperson of the province’s Community Safety and Liaison portfolio committee to request the following;
- An urgent portfolio committee meeting in order for SAPS to report back on their current actions at Glebelands;
- An increased policing presence at the hostel which must include more National Intervention Unit personnel; and