Mayor Xhakaza leads anti-crime blitz in Kempton Park
This ongoing programme has various focus areas, including checking business and environmental safety compliance.
City of Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, accompanied by MMC for City Development and Real Estate Nomadlozi Nkosi, led a multi-disciplinary anti-crime blitz in Kempton Park on October 7.
Xhakaza and the team visited some of the busy streets of Kempton Park CBD to deliver on the mayor’s commitment to reclaim the city centres and neighbourhoods from the hands of criminals.
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This ongoing programme has various focus areas, including checking business and environmental safety compliance.
The Kempton Park leg of the programme recorded several arrests for illegal immigration, and a few businesses and a primary school were closed for non-compliance with by-laws. Some business transgressors included backyard illegal liquor manufacturing.
The illegal activities clean-up programme will continue across the different areas of Ekurhuleni.
“We need to make these interventions a norm in our communities to ensure we take back our streets from criminals and regain our secure safe spaces,” said Xhakaza.
