Ivory Park Police’s Youth Crime Prevention Desk hosted an awareness campaign centered around curbing crime in the Ivory Park policing precinct.
Members of the youth desk accompanied by Ekurhuleni Bikers, The Hillsiders biking crew and Ivory Park Police went around Sector 8 on 17 April discussing with community members the dangers of crime and its impact on the community.
The youth desk’s media liaison, Ntombizodwa Themba said they made stops in Kaalfontein extensions 1, 22 and 23, and Clayville Extension 45 ending their trip at Kaalfontien Corner.
She added that according to their statistics, Sector 8 had a huge crime problem and the most common crimes were theft out of motor vehicle, hijacking, murder and domestic violence.
Isaac Mthethwa, better known as General, is the president of Ekurhuleni Bikers. He said as bikers they did a lot of community work and they accepted an invite from the youth desk to grab the attention of the community.
“People have always associated biking with crime and brutality, however, today we wanted to show the community that we do work with the community and the police as we often do charity work,” added Mthethwa.
Lemmy Mudau, known as King Solomon, is the founder and president of The Hillsiders biking crew and said crime was a problem that affected all townships.
“Crime does not only exclude bikers or choose a specific race of people, we are all affected by crime. You would find that one had bought their motorcycle and were still paying for it, then someone comes and steals it which was why we decided to come and support Ekurhuleni Bikers because our cry against crime was the same cry. We also do not want crime,” concluded Mudau.
