Residents called to refrain from lawlessness

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The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has called on residents of Gauteng to refrain from taking the law into their own hands.

This comes after five suspected criminals were set alight and killed in Alexandra on Tuesday night.

The suspects were allegedly found carrying illegal firearms by community members of Setjwetla Section in Alexandra and are believed to have been terrorizing residents in the area.

The committee chairperson Bandile Masuku condemned the incident and encourage the public to cooperate with the police and allow the criminal justice system to perform its function of bringing suspected criminals to book.

“Mob justice and vigilantism has no space in our communities as they further exacerbate unacceptable criminality and lawlessness.

“There can never be any justification for residents to take the law into their own hands as this too is tantamount to criminality and those found guilty of this crime will find themselves having to face the full might of the law,” he said.

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Masuku further called on residents to form proactive partnerships with the Police across the province in an effort to address the ever increasing levels of crime and clamp down on criminal elements in the Communities.

He added; “Residents are encouraged to be the eyes and ears of the police and report suspected criminals in an effort to restore law and order in Gauteng.”