Naledi Residents Calls for Re-shuffling of South African Police Service (saps) Members

The community of Naledi, Emdeni, and Tladi are requesting for an urgent overhaul of members of the South African Police Services deployed at Naledi police station. This comes after the interaction with the MEC Mazibuko during her community meeting held yesterday.

Issues raised by the community included police who take bribes from drug dealers especially Nyaope, as well as not acting decisively on Nyaope addicts who terrorises the community and are responsible for a number of house breakings, and armed robberies to feed their habits.

The community alleges that the hot spots as well as drug dealers are known but police often visit to solicit bribe rather than arresting the suspects. MEC Mazibuko appealed for community mobilisation through reporting such cases ‘I urge anyone to provide a...