DA flags sharp increases in contact crime in several Gauteng townships [SOUND]

# The DA says rising crime in several Gauteng hotspots is leaving residents living in fear. According to the party, contact crime increased in Tembisa, Diepsloot, Alexandra, Mamelodi East, Orange Farms and Jeppe between April and June this year. Tembisa recorded the biggest increase, at 16.1-percent. The DA’s Crezane Bosch calls for more visible policing and more resources to be sent to areas facing high levels of violent crime: