Prayer has united the bloodied streets of Lavender Hill after more than 1500 people marched for peace on Sunday.
Over 30 people have been killed in gang violence in the area in just over two months, crime fighters say.
On Sunday, churches, mosques, community leaders and police held an open air service along Military Road and St Christopher Street.
RECLAIM THE STREETS: March in Lavender Hill. Photo: Supplied
Hoisting a massive wooden cross, placards and eight wooden poles, residents prayed and called for skollies to stop the violence.
The poles, with Bible verses on them, were placed as markers at eight crime hotspots in the area.
Pastors of the Prayer Interception and Healing Network (PIHN) says the violence is keeping people away from places of worship.
Pastor Basil Leukes of PIHN said: “We are 14 churches who pray for Lavender Hill each month. The reason for the prayer march was that our churches were being disrupted because of the shootings.
“Our people are too scared to walk to church and children too afraid to attend madressa.
“During the prayer walk, four people were arrested and three firearms confiscated.”
Community leader Ralph Bouwers explained that the verses are from the books of Psalms and Matthew and placed at hotspots in the hope skollies will think twice before shooting.
Clive Jacobs, also a community leader, added: “They (gangsters) are the Philistines of the past.
“This is the first time Lavender Hill has united in numbers and it is long overdue.
“This proved the gangsters are not bigger than us, they are not bigger than faith.”