A social activist and former Minister of Social Transformation has suggested that representatives of Government and police sit down with “block” leaders from across the island to hash out solutions to the recent spike in gun crime.Hamilton Lashley offered that recommendation as he insisted that the top-down approach to the problem is not effective.He said a bottom-up strategy, in which communities are mobilised, is the way to go at this critical juncture.“There is a need for urgent dialogue between the real stakeholders, not the mock stakeholders, not the pretenders in this set of scenarios that are being experienced.
