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Gun-wielding robbers are terrorising eateries in Claremont, with restaurants and their patrons being robbed of cash and personal belongings more than once.
Lockdown adds to increase in violent crime
By Keagan Mitchell
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Cape Town - The lockdown had more of an impact on crime than the pandemic with Kraaifontein and Manenberg becoming epicentres of a resurgence in gang warfare.
Experts agree that the lockdown had an effect on crime in South Africa.
Manager of the crime and justice information hub at the Institute for Security Studies, Lizette Lancaster, said the lockdown had more of an impact than the pandemic itself.
“Even under a level 5 hard lockdown in April with strict stay at home orders and curfews in place, 752 or 25 people per day on average were still murdered.