Public Safety MMC leads by-law enforcement operation in Midrand
Noordwyk Residents Association chairperson Bonginkosi Nhlapo heaped praise on MMC Mgcini Tshwaku for leading such an operation.
The Public Safety MMC, Dr Mgcini Tshwaku, led a land invasion and by-law enforcement clean-up operation in Midrand on June 20.
He visited food trailer owners on Lever Road and illegal recyclers on R101 Old Pretoria Road in Midrand, where some cooking items, such as pots and gas-stoves, were confiscated.
Tshwaku was accompanied by various departments, including the Johannesburg Metro Police Department’s by-law enforcement unit, land invasion unit, citizen relationship and urban management (CRUM), and immigration unit.
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Noordwyk Residents Association chairperson Bonginkosi Nhlapo, who was also part of the operation, praised Tshwaku’s efforts. “Just wish there were more arrests of illegal immigrants, and the shutdown of all the street vendors, moving trucks, and food trailers. Maybe, if he was mayor under the current coalition, Johannesburg would have a fighting chance to be cleaned up.”
Nhlapo said more raids of this nature would help improve Midrand, and help it to go back to the suburb it used to be.
JMPD spokesperson Superintendent Xolani Fihla confirmed being part of the raid. “Ours was to accompany the MMC and ensure that our various units enforce by-laws directly related to them.”
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