Cllr Letlhogonolo Moseki, Ekurhuleni MMC for Community Safety, says the deployment of 480 new metro police officers on the city’s streets is a clear show that the plan is to resort to confronting criminals head-on in the region and rooting out any form of lawlessness.

Cllr Moseki made the remarks today during a visit to the EMPD Training Academy in KwaThema, where the new members are completing their training. He further stated that these new metro police recruits will supplement the present metro police force, adding that once training is completed, the city will be able to ramp up crime prevention and policing activities like Operation Buya Mthetho, to combat lawlessness in the city, effort Buya Mthetho is a multidisciplinary operation, involving many departments from various spheres of government and a security cluster.

“The City of Ekurhuleni is an economic hub of South Africa, and it also home to Africa’s busiest airport, the OR Tambo International Airport, hence the stance to take an aggressive position in fighting any form of lawlessness and crime in the region.

“As a very critical player in the economy of the country, and a city that welcomes magnitude of tourists and international business people, it is a no brainer that tackling crime becomes such a critical priority. “We also want to create an environment that allows our people the freedom of safe movement and the freedom of doing business at any time of the day without the fear of being a victim of crime,” Moseki concludes.