{"id":92252,"date":"2025-10-31T16:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lesufi-reflects-on-impatience-in-tackling-crime-rate"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:58:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:58:34","slug":"lesufi-reflects-on-impatience-in-tackling-crime-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/lesufi-reflects-on-impatience-in-tackling-crime-rate","title":{"rendered":"Lesufi Reflects on Impatience in Tackling Crime Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi said that one of his only mistakes may have been his impatience in trying to address the high crime rate in the province.<\/p>\n<p>This is on the back of a recent public protector report, which found the Gauteng crime prevention wardens were established without any legal authority.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours before the Chapter Nine institution released the report, Lesufi announced the disbandment of the initiative to allow the wardens to undergo proper training.<\/p>\n<p>He said when he took office, the crime rate in Gauteng was simply too high to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe I\u2019m impatient, and that\u2019s where I feel that I\u2019m guilty. 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