Ramaphosa commends cops who killed crooks in shoot-out, declares war on criminals

The president was speaking in Cape Town, where police minister Senzo Mchunu and Western Cape premier Alan Winde signed a cooperation agreement to combat crime in the province. Ramaphosa referred to Cape Town as “the capital city of criminality, gang violence, murder and other related criminality”.Ramaphosa said the South African Police Service was making progress in taking the streets back from criminals.Four men were shot dead and four wounded during a shootout with police in an alleged extortion ring in Cape Town on Thursday. They were allegedly on their way to commit a mass…