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Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela has lamented the manner in which the government is dealing with undocumented migrants who are reportedly arrested but then later released.
A group of seven men was allegedly killed by a community forum, who accused them of being behind a spate of crimes in the area.
According to Mawela, the crime committed the most in Diepsloot is assault GBH, where people assault each other with weapons.
In a presentation to the Gauteng Legislature Committee on Community Safety on Tuesday, police said there are 147 taverns in Diepsloot along with eight off-site liquor establishments.
On Tuesday, members of the SAPS gave a presentation to the Gauteng legislature committee on community safety on their interventions to curb crime in the troubled township.