Recall of community crime-fighting vehicles disheartens CPF's

KWAZULU-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli has defended his government's decision to recall vehicles that were provided to assist community safety structures in crime-fighting initiatives.

- WILLEM PHUNGULA.

Ntuli said the decision was taken after an assessment which revealed that some of the vehicles were abused and being used for personal errands rather than to assist in crime-fighting.

He also raised the issue of maintenance and fuel costs as becoming a problem.

He said his government was still committed to crime-fighting and creating a safe environment for all the people in the province, and that the government was in the process of donating some of the vehicles to safety structures and to police to beef up their campaign against gender-based violence.