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Cathcart residents who are fed up with crime and lawlessness, closed their shops and streets on Wednesay to march to the police station to hand over a memorandum.
Brad Lee of the community police forum says every month end, when workers are paid, crime and lawlessness, vandalism and looting reigns.
Lee told Algoa FM News that a respected 70-year-old man was attacked.
"Last weekend on Saturday evening an elderly farmer who was actually just locking up the bowling club in Cathcart surprised a group of intruders who had broken and he was beaten very, very badly. He is still in a coma in hospital and his prospects are doubtful. We don't know if he's actually going to make," he said.
Lee says the lawlessness seem to be a regular occurrence in the town.
"You have tons of criminals hovering trying to rob people. You have lots of drunk people pick-pocketing, fightin and it tends to escalate throughout the weekend.
