Pretoria, August 2024
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service(SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, has deployed extra capacity to the Eastern Cape province to clampdown on extortionsists and gangs .
The multidisciplinary teams have been deployed to prevent, combat,investigate, and arrest those behind incidents of gang violence and extortion.
The deployment of additional boots on the ground comes off the back of a visit and community stakeholder engagements in Mthatha and Gqerberha led by the Minister of Police, Mr Senzo Mchunu, the Deputy Ministers of Police, Mr Cassel Mathale and Ms Polly Boshielo as well as SAPS Management led by the National Commissioner of the SAPS.
The MEC for Community Safety in the province, Mr Xolile Nqata and the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Executive Mayor, Gary Van Niekerk also formed part of the two day engagements.
