A young volunteer for the humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers Foundation has been shot dead in Cape Town.
The organisation said in a statement that 20-year-old Ameerodien Noordien, was caught in the crossfire between rival gangs in Hanover Park in Cape Town on Friday night
Founder Imtiaaz Sooliman said that Noordien sustained four bullet wounds, "three in the back and one in the head".
"Innocent Ameerodien was killed. Decency, hope, aspiration, youth and vibrancy died at the hands of arrogance," Sooliman said.
Sooliman called on Police Minister Bheki Cele to make South Africa safer for its 57 million people, saying it could not be more urgent than the present.
"It was clear that Cele was trying his best to stem crime since taking office earlier this year, despite the problem of resources and personnel, but the Western Cape needed a "Westbury-style [Johannesburg] intervention and we call upon you to make this a reality," he said.
