Gauteng’s big plan to fight crime — including 500 drones and cameras on every street

Gauteng aims to crack down on crime with a massive technology rollout.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi wants to launch a wide-ranging and costly crime-fighting initiative in South Africa’s economic heartland, the City PressThe plan includes over 500 remote-controlled aircraft , eight helicopters, high-performance vehicles, and facial recognition cameras on every street.This massive surveillance and emergency response network would be controlled from a central location the size of a soccer stadium.

One of those private projects is Vumacam, which supports the Eyes and Ears Initiative — a coordinated joint crime-fighting initiative between the South African Police Service, Business Against Crime South Africa, and the private security industry.to expand and maintain its network of 1,850 security cameras across Johannesburg.This week, Vumacam

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