Crime expert: Fire top cops to reduce crime
This after the residents of Diepsloot, north of Joburg have been complaining for years about high levels of crime in their area.
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This after the residents of Diepsloot, north of Joburg have been complaining for years about high levels of crime in their area.
Johannesburg District Commissioner Max Masha said police were limited by being unable to immediately deport undocumented people after arresting them, clogging the provinces jails and prisons.
Gauteng police commissioner Gen Elias Mawela says there will be no sustainable solution to curb crime in Diepsloot until each government department plays its part.
Masha said there were 754 cases of grievous bodily harm during this period.
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.