DA Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Ghaleb Cachalia said this after embarking on a ”listening tour” for 30 days, in all the wards in Ekurhuleni.
“I have heard you, Ekurhuleni, and your issues and concerns have filled our Manifesto for Change with promises to bring the change you’ve asked for to move Ekurhuleni forward again,” he said.
Cachalia said that, to fight crime, they will create easy and speedy access to justice; they will establish effective municipal and community courts to handle prosecutions for traffic offences and by-law contraventions, to reduce pressure on magistrates courts.
“We will fund extra court staff and magistrates to help the Justice Department establish more and more courts.
“We will launch technology that monitors crime hotspots and gunshot sounds, and link these directly to the Metro Police, and will provide real-time crime statistics that are readily available internally and to the public.”
According to Cachalia, the DA will create special EMPD units for drug crime and gang crime, and they will work every day to reduce these.
In addition, they will assess each EMPD officer’s fitness on a quarterly basis.
“We will partner and work proactively with communities, faith and non-governmental organisations to promote our young people staying away from crime and drugs.”
