IN PICTURES: EFF wants a drug-free community in Ivory Park

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Tembisa’s Ward 133 marched to the Ivory Park Police Station to deliver a memorandum of demands to the station commander yesterday, 16 February.

The party is concerned about corruption and drugs affecting their community. The party’s leadership wants police to arrest people who sell nyaope at an informal settlement called ‘Mabena section Ext 6’. Ward 133 chairperson, Klaas Seerane alleged that the drug dealers were not arrested.

“We gave the [police] the address of the place where drugs are sold and even today the business is still operating. If we can go to Mabena section, you will find a group of nyaope addicts and people who are selling drugs there,” he alleged.

“We want them to go and arrest whoever is selling drugs there. We want them to arrest the owner of the building there.”

The Midrand Reporter is currently following up with the Ivory Park police on these allegations.

The party was not impressed when they found out that the station commander, Brigadier Ngcobo, was not available to receive a memorandum.  The party alleged that the station commander made commitment to avail himself on the day of the march to receive their memorandum.

The chairperson is also concerned about the mushrooming of crime at Swazi Inn. He wants police visibility at Swazi Inn as they claim that people are robbed of their belongings.

“People are getting mugged there during daylight. Drugs addicts are taking people’s phones.”

The Midrand Reporter is currently following up with the Ivory Park police on these allegations. For the full story, get the copy of next week’s Midrand Reporter, on streets on Thursday.

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