Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi inspects the pass out parade of new Crime Prevention Wardens, 4 June 2023, at Tsakane Stadium in Ekurhuleni. The parade marks the end of the training and their deployment into Gauteng communities. They will assist law enforcement officers to fight crime, vandalism, corruption and lawlessness. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has survived a motion of no confidence brought by the DA.
On Friday, political parties in the Gauteng legislature debated Lesufi’s competence and track record.
However, most major parties in the legislature were against Lesufi’s removal. There were only 24 votes out of 80 in favour of Lesufi’s removal.
This motion was brought after the Public Protector found that Lesufi had illegally created the Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens, also known as Amapanyaza.
There are around 9 000 of these wardens. But the programme has now been disbanded.
Lesufi announced that these wardens will be “repurposed”, with some set to be retrained to become Gauteng Traffic Wardens.
The ANC, EFF and MK party appeared united in repelling the motion of no confidence.
But the DA believes Lesufi acted outside the law, even though he was advised against forming the Gauteng Crime Wardens.
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