The South African Police Service’s newly appointed commissioner for Gauteng, Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, visited Midrand to address crime-related issues with community members and stakeholders on 8 June.
As part of his duties to fight crime, the commissioner has been visiting police stations in the province meeting with colleagues and the community.
In Midrand, he met with residents and members of Community Police Forums (CPF), security companies, businesses and Metro police as well religious leaders and commanders of neighbouring police stations. It was a solution-focused meeting with the sole purpose of ‘not just reducing crime but ending it’.
In crime statistics provided by the police, Midrand was ranked number 17 nationally, which for many raised concerns as to whether the battle to fight crime was being lost.
However, Midrand Police Station Commander Brigadier David Tsotsotso said that when he took office in 2017, the area had serious crime issues and ranked fifth nationally, with housebreakings in residential complexes topping the list.
