Public Protector finds the establishment of the Gauteng crime prevention wardens was irregular [SOUND]

# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that the establishment and deployment of Gauteng’s crime prevention wardens to conduct policing was irregular and unconstitutional. The Public Protector released her investigative report on Wednesday evening, hours after premier Panyaza Lesufi announced the phased disbandment of the CPWs. A complaint from advocate Paul Hoffman prompted the investigation. Gcaleka told Newzroom Afrika that the law neither empowers nor confers upon the provincial government any authority to exercise policing powers: