Police minister Bheki Cele says areas with undocumented foreign nationals are crime hotspots, even outside the festive season.
Cele led a law enforcement operation in Durban at the weekend after the arrest of several undocumented foreign nationals at a building on Mahatma Gandhi Road as part of the Safer Festive Season launch.Cele said hotspot areas will be under close police watch.
“Anywhere where there are people with a high visibility of untraceability is a problem. In these areas there are people who come from different countries. We have a way of tracing and identifying people in South Africa, and if they are not in the system, whatever crime they commit, it will be very difficult to trace them.
“There will be equivalent compensation for members who will be called to be available for people to be safe. I don’t have energy to fight any other war except fighting crime and following the constitution to prevent and investigate crime through officers who uphold and enforce the laws,” he said.
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