Question NW62 to the Minister of Police

Kohler-Barnard, Ms D to ask the Minister of Police

Whether, with reference to the Hard Livings gang that allegedly set up a base in Sydenham, Durban where residents are now being killed regularly in what looks to be a full-scale drug war between the Hard Livings gang and the Sydenham Heights Boys gang, the SA Police Service (SAPS) has linked the murders to the Hard Livings gang formerly run by assassinated gang boss Rashied Staggie; if so, what are the relevant details; Whether the Sydenham drug kingpin who brought in more than 30 Hard Living gangsters to Sydenham has been arrested; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; Whether the SAPS raided (a) C-block in Sydenham (Matlock Grove) and (b) the informal settlement in Georgenhill Road, to apprehend those involved; if not, why not, if so; what are the relevant details; Whether the SAPS raided the base of the rival drug peddlers based in A-block, Sydenham; if not, why not, if so, what are the relevant details?