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The other two men were killed in a separate incident in Harare. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Every weekend, people are killed here,” Zamisa told </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily Maverick</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to </span><a href=\"https://www.gov.za/speeches/mec-reagen-allen-mass-shootings-khayelitsha-8-jun-2022-0000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reagen Allen</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Western Cape MEC for Community Safety and Police Oversight, by March this year, 26 people had been killed in mass shootings in Khayelitsha. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lazola Somazembe, another Khayelitsha resident, said that living in Khayelitsha meant living in constant fear. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We’re not safe here; you even know that you can’t invite people to visit you in Khayelitsha. 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Police Minister Bheki Cele and ministers in the security cluster spoke to the Khayelitsha community on 18 July 2022 about high levels of crime and violence in the area. (Photo: Brenton Geach)
Police Minister Bheki Cele told a meeting in Khayelitsha on Monday, 18 July that a police station would be built in Makhaza in November. (Photo: Brenton Geach)