Police Minister Bheki Cele was in the Johannesburg township on Sunday to meet with residents after at least six community members were gunned down, in separate incidents of crime, on Thursday night.
JOHANNESBURG - Police Minister Bheki Cele has cautioned residents of Alexandra against blaming foreign nationals for crime in the area.
During a community meeting held at a local stadium, various community members suggested that the presence of foreign nationals was fueling crime in the area. “If you can go out right now in Alex, on each and every single corner, there’s someone selling drugs. And when you find the person supplying the kid, it’s always a foreign national. So these people are doing a lot of harm, instead of a lot of good.""We've got 145 000 criminals that are in correctional services as we speak in South Africa. 18 000 of them are foreign nationals, which means the majority remains South African," said Cele.
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