RATE IT | Lesufi outlines plans to fight rising crime levels in Gauteng

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While many politicians like to shift the responsibility for fighting crime to the justice cluster, Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has vowed to fight rising crime levels.

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi delivered his state of the province address at the Gauteng legislature on Monday.While many politicians like to shift the responsibility for fighting crime to the justice cluster, Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has vowed to fight“Our province is a home of heartless and merciless criminals. They do as they wish.

Lesufi said the provincial government has increased its budget for fighting crime from R750m to “multibillion-rands” in the next three years. The exact figure was not stipulated.Elimination of illegal dealing in guns was crucial in the fight against increasing crime levels, he said.“Those with illegal guns are playing god. They decide who lives and who dies.

“We are intervening in 731 informal settlements in our province. We have mapped and enumerated 639 and we are upgrading 179 informal settlements with a budget of R3.1bn. “We are empowering aboMastandi to be in the real estate industry. I am pleased to announce 2,000 applications have been validated for funding for aboMastandi and 40 loans have been approved to the tune of R50m, which has the potential to create employment.

 

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His family and friends will share in those million rand drone deals like in the school sanitising projects...

Don't worry everyone, Captain Crime Stop is back apparently.

Proof is in the pudding as the saying goes! I don't have any reason to believe a word anyone says.

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