More stakeholders must be brought in to fight gang-related crimes

On Monday, The Herald published an article by reporter Brandon Nel, titled “Gang unit members suffer emotional trauma as murder rate rises (https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2024-04-29-gang-unit-members-suffer-emotional-trauma-as-murder-rate-rises/)”, detailing the mental health challenges that members of the anti-gang unit (AGU), a specialised unit within the SA Police Service (SAPS) that deals with drug-related crimes, are battling with.

According to the article, there is an exponential increase in the number of gang-related murders in Nelson Mandela Bay,  particularly those involving children...

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