To commemorate Youth Day on June 16, members of the ANCYL Zonal Task Team marched to the Actonville Police Station to hand over their memorandum of grievances.
The memorandum contained issues such as underage children allegedly being sold codeine by local pharmacies, better law enforcement in the area and a better working relationship with the CPF.
The team also called upon the police to stop taking bribes from drug lords, and to patrol taverns to ensure that alcohol is not sold to children under the age of 18.
Task team coordinator Chrispin Phiri said the team is doing everything in their power to find solutions to the problems facing the community.
“The youth is capable of changing the social ills in society if only they can mobilise themselves and ensure that everything gets done.
“This march showed that there are young people who are willing to assist in seeing a change in the community,” said Phiri.
Actonville acting station commander Lieutenant Colonel Louis Maluleke received the memorandum and said the concerns the task team raised are the same factors that are faced by police and parents.
“We can’t win the battle alone. As the police, we need to work together with other stakeholders and the community.
“If you take crime in isolation without addressing other social ills, you are going to miss a point. The community must not be afraid to name and shame the perpetrators,” said Maluleke.
The police were given 14 days to respond to their grievances.
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