Lesufi’s crime fighting tactics not working as Gauteng remains a hub of serious crime
28 August 2024
Gauteng residents continue to be in danger of serious crimes despite Premier Panyaza Lesufi's pronounced crime-fighting tactics.
This follows the announcement by Hawks Head Godfrey Lebeya stating that Gauteng, the country’s most populous province, has retained its lead as the hub for serious crime in the first quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year.
This shows that Premier Lesufi's technology driven crime-fighting initiatives, such as the implementation of drones, helicopters, panic buttons, and CCTV cameras, are not achieving the desired impact in addressing crime in the province.
For far too long, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been calling on the government to stop playing with people’s lives, making farfetched and impractical promises without getting the basics right. Gauteng residents deserve a government that will not talk about making crime an apex priority while lacking clear plans to tackle crime and ensure that Gauteng residents enjoy the basic human right of safety.