Mbalula wants crime crackdown at OR Tambo Airport
Police Minister tells MPs they would collapse if they knew the full extent of crime at the international airport
Crime at O R Tambo Airport is giving Police Minister Fikile Mbalula sleepless nights, he told MPs on Wednesday. They would "collapse" were they to discover the full extent of the problem at the country’s busiest airport, which is also a national key point, he told the police portfolio committee on Wednesday. He said he has asked new Acting National Police Commissioner Lesetja Mothiba to deal with lax security at O R Tambo Airport as a matter of urgency. "Where police are erring we need to act on that, said Mbalula. "We are not only concerned about police corruption and docket disappearance; the recycling of criminals in the system. Our approach is more operational," he said. "Yesterday before I came here I went to SAA (at O R Tambo)‚ our national key point. I didn’t sleep. I didn’t sleep I can tell you. And I immediately talked to the general. We need to look at that. If you had to know what is happening there you will collapse. So I think we need to attend to that‚" said Mbalula. T...
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