MEC MANANA ANNOUNCES HER IMMEDIATE
PRIORITIES
Media Release
18 May 2009
Mpumalanga Community Safety,
Security and Liaison MEC
Sibongile Manana announced her
priorities for the first three
months saying they will urgently
respond to the complaints raised
by communities during the past
mobilisation campaigns.
MEC Manana said her department
would establish two fully
fledged 10111 Call Centres in
Middleburg and White River. This
follows complaints from the
public that the number had not
been easily accessible.
The MEC believes that the two
Call Centres will assist the
public to be able to report
crime and expect speedy response
from the police.
The MEC will also ensure that at
least four Crime Combating Units
are resuscitated in KwaMhlanga,
Middleburg, Secunda and Hazyview.
These Units will also undergo
training on latest French Crowd
Management techniques to be
provided by the national
department.
She added that the department
will conduct a crime prevention
operation to address serious and
violent crimes at flash point
areas.
She will also prioritizes stock
theft especially in the areas of
Mmametlhake and Bushbuckridge
where communities had been
complaining of this kind of
crime.
In order to strengthen the
capacity of South African Police
Service to deal with crime, the
MEC said at least 220 new
members will be recruited.
They will be placed in the
operational environment to
ensure implementation of sector
policing in the police stations.
Next week (Friday, 29 May 2009),
the department will hold a
School Safety Indaba to
strategize the methods that
needs to be employed when
dealing with the escalating
crime and violence in the
schools. Crime at schools is
posing a huge threat to
government efforts to deliver
quality education.
The Indaba is expected to
mobilize and support existing
structures on school safety.
Tourism Safety will be enhanced
by the deployment of 250 Tourism
Safety Monitors. The aim of the
tourism safety is to create and
ensure a safe environment for
tourists visiting Mpumalanga.
She explained that tourism view
points will now be deyermined by
her department to ensure
tourists safety.
Issued by the Department of Community
Safety, Security and Liaison, Mpumalanga
Provincial Government
Enquiries: Zibonele Mncwango on 013
766 4018 or 072
159 1865
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