# The DA is calling on Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and MEC for e-Government Bonginkosi Dhlamini to account for discrepancies in the province’s e-Panic Button programme. In December 2024, the premier’s office announced that the province had handed out more than 80-thousand physical panic buttons. However, a few months later Lesufi said the province had actually handed out only two-thousand. The DA’s Michael Waters says budget constraints have now halted the rollout of the panic buttons:
DA questions Gauteng’s e-Panic Button rollout figures [SOUND]
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