MEC Cachalia to visit the Alexandra cluster trio task team

17 November 2008

Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Firoz Cachalia, will today visit the Alexandra Police Station cluster trio task team.

The visit is aimed and supporting and encouraging task team members as they implement the Gauteng Aggravated Robbery Strategy designed by the Department of Community Safety and the SAPS to reduce crime in the province. The strategy is mainly aimed at combating aggravated robberies specifically in respect to residential and business robberies as well vehicle hijackings, referred to as the "trio crimes" by the South African Police Service .

MEC Cachalia will address the media after meeting members of the task team at Alexandra Police Station before engaging members of the public in roadblocks in and around Alexandra.

Details of the media briefing:

Date:                17 November 2008
Time:               14h30
Venue:             Alexandra Police Station

For more information contact:
Mandla Radebe on (011) 689 3633 / 083 288 8915
Issued by: Department of Community Safety in Gauteng
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