Now that the soldiers are here to try and restore law and order to the Cape Flats, let’s show them some of the hospitality for which we are famous.
They are deploying during the coldest month of the year, so whether we agree with their presence or not we can do a lot to make them feel warm and welcome.
Take them a nice warm cup of coffee or soup.
Or spoil them with some famous Cape Flats koesiesters on Sunday morning, so that they can experience what it is we are trying to reclaim with their help.
It’s as important as ratting out the gangsters, revealing where they hide their guns and giving up names of suspects.
The sooner they can clean out our communities, the sooner they can go back to their bases.
I saw Bonteheuwel Ward councillor Angus Mackenzie encouraging our young people to avoid antagonising the soldiers with our infamous confrontational attitudes.
In other words, don’t keep yourself sterk gevriet when a soldier gives you an order.
Soldiers are trained differently, when threatened, they shoot first and ask questions later.
I’m sure they won’t do this here, but at the same time, why take the risk? After all, if you have nothing to hide, then there’s no problem.