#GautengGangHotspots: Sophiatown, Reiger Park and Eldorado Park identified as gang-related crime hotspots

23 November 2019

Sophiatown, Reiger Park and Eldorado Park have seen a spike in gang-related crimes during the 2019/2020 financial year.

This was revealed to me by the Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko in a written reply to my questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.

According to MEC Mazibuko the Gauteng Anti-Gang Task Team was established at the end of the 2018/19 financial year.

A total of 43 cases related to gangsterism have been reported since its inception.

This clearly indicates that gang-related crimes are also a serious challenge facing our communities.

Fighting gang-related crime should not only happen once a year but should rather be the focus of ongoing crime fighting activity by SAPS. This must include local patrols as well as having an extensive local intelligence network.

We call on MEC Faith Mazibuko to strengthen the fight against gang-related crime as our communities are at risk and lawlessness is the order of the day.

I will be tabling follow-up questions to the MEC in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature to determine how many people have been arrested, prosecuted and convicted from these 43 reported cases.

Issued by Lebo More, DA Gauteng Alternative Member of Community Safety Portfolio Committee, 23 November 2019