DA says Gauteng metros continue to experience alarming increase in serious crime [SOUND]

# The DA in Gauteng says, despite an overall decline in several major crime categories during the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year, several communities continue to experience alarming increases in serious crime. This includes kidnapping, truck hijackings, vehicle-related crime, and sexual offences. The DA’s Crezane Bosch says premier Panyaza Lesufi must engage the acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, to strengthen intelligence-led operations to dismantle kidnapping and truck-hijacking syndicates: