{"id":485,"date":"2020-11-03T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.safecitizen.co.za\/?p=485"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:20:35","slug":"media-statementstand-against-murderers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/2020\/11\/03\/media-statementstand-against-murderers\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Statement:Stand Against Murderers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community needs to stand together against murderers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 November 2020 \u2013 For immediate release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are appalled to learn about the shooting in Gugulethu in which seven people were killed and two others injured. SafeCitizen and its members send condolences to the families and friends of the victims, and trust that the police will track down the murderers and bring them to justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;A community that stands together and looks out for each other can reduce the possibility and frequency of incidents like this by reporting suspicious activity and persons. Only by standing together as a lawfully armed society that cares about each other will we make our communities safer from crime and violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The police need our cooperation, and they rely on timeous information from the community to prevent crime and make arrests.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Criminals prefer unarmed victims. Be a SafeCitizen: use your legally owned firearm to protect yourself and others. \u2013 Izigebengu zithanda abantu abangahlomile. Yiba yisakhamuzi esiphephile: esisemthethweni ngokusemthethweni ukuze uzivikele wena nabanye.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lawfully armed citizen keeps your community safe \u2013 visit www.safecitizen.co.za \u2013 we are here to assist your community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enquiries pertaining to this statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>McIntosh Polela &#8211; 079-563-1625<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Deal &#8211;\u00a0 076-838-5150 &#8211; or on WhatsApp \/\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jonathan.deal@safecitizen.co.za\">jonathan.deal@safecitizen.co.za<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community needs to stand together against murderers 3 November 2020 \u2013 For immediate release &#8220;We are appalled to learn about the shooting in Gugulethu in which seven people were killed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-statements","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.safecitizen.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}