United against crime
The ANC zone secretary, Mr Aubrey Langa, said they have joined other communities of Gauteng to reclaim their streets.
Members of several political parties and the community took part in a march against crime, drug abuse and police killings on Saturday.
Members of the ANC, the South African Communist Party (SACP), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) and the community, participated in the march.
The march attendees gathered at the Mehlareng Stadium and marched to the Tembisa SAPS, where they handed over a memorandum to the station commander, Brigadier Johan Jacobs.
The ANC zone secretary, Mr Aubrey Langa, said they have joined other communities of Gauteng to reclaim their streets.
“We believe and are committed to a community free of crime and illegal drugs, and which values its law enforcement agencies. We reclaim our streets by calling for a stop to women and child abuse, crime, drugs and substance abuse and police killings. These crimes are an attack on the moral fabric of our society. They ravage our families and the values of our society,” he said.
Mr Langa added they condemn the on-going spate of police killings.
“We commend the police for arresting suspected perpetrators of this gruesome act. The continued killing of police and law enforcement officers is an attack on our hard-earned democracy. We send our condolences to the families of the members of the SAPS and Metropolitan Police Departments who have been killed,” he said.
He said they believe that only a united, caring and active community can defeat crime, drugs and police killings.
