Mashaba Calls for Urgent Intervention of the SAPS in Lenasia and Surrounds
22 July 2019
Today the City of Johannesburg has requested the urgent intervention of the SAPS in Lenasia and surrounding areas.
Following the steep escalation of land occupation in the area over the past week, the situation is getting out of control. Residents within the area are reporting armed groups of land occupiers firing on the homes of residents in the affected areas, with the sounds of gun shots being heard throughout last night.
The situation is such that the JMPD, with its comparatively limited Public Order Policing resources, cannot handle the situation alone and require the full and most decisive intervention of the SAPS.
Tensions in the area are escalating to the point where it is only a matter of time until someone is seriously hurt or killed.