Premier Lesufi declares a fight against crime in Gauteng

Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi hosted an e-policing round-table as part of accelerating the fight against crime, vandalism, corruption and lawlessness in the province.

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The round-table which was joined by the MEC for community safety, Faith Mazibuko, HOD for community safety, Nontsikelelo Sisulu and other stakeholders including private security companies was held at the Noordgesig Primary School on February 18.

The day gave public-private stakeholders an opportunity to share knowledge and demonstrate solutions to support the Gauteng provincial government in its efforts to strengthen crime prevention.

According MEC of Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko, the province is ready to utilize all the resources available to win this fight against crime using technology.

“We do acknowledge other security stakeholders on the ground and we appreciate their work but through a partnership with private stakeholders we believe crime statistics in Gauteng will gradually decrease,” MEC Mazibuko said.

She said by doing this, it means everyone who attended the e-policing round-table must ensure that their communities are safe.

“We have over 2 500 security companies in the province but the rate of housebreak-ins and business robberies continue to escalate, by now our numbers should be decreasing. We therefore hope this engagement will yield good results.”

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Police minister, Bheki Cele recently presented the latest quarterly crime statistics recorded between October and December 2022 which show a significant increase of 10.1 percent for murder, with 7555 recorded cases.

Lesufi said to fight is not a luxury but a must and he is ready to win this fight. “Whatever means it takes to win the fight against crime we will do it,” Premier Lesufi said.

He added that the government is in need of technologies used by private entities and they are ready to work together.

“We must not duplicate what we do; we must come with ways and take this fight back to criminals.

“The demonstration of available gadgets by various companies encourages me because when we were busy snoring as the government the private sector went ahead of us and now we are asking them to wait for us as we are ready to run with them in fighting against crime.”

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The premier announced that government has procured four additional helicopters that will be deployed in crime hotspots areas in the province.

“Each and every region in Gauteng should have a helicopter ready to tackle crime, from April 01, criminals must watch out because we will be ready for them.”

The premier called on everyone on board to work together and eradicate criminal activities in the province.

“If I fail to eradicate crime in Gauteng, remove me because this is a mission that we must not fail. We must be powerful to fight those who want to destroy our country. There must be no inch of Gauteng that is not under CC-TV surveillance – whatever cost it takes, I will pay for it.”

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