Lesufi to deliver Gauteng SOPA address on Monday

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FILE | Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi addresses an event.

Some Gauteng residents are pinning their hopes on Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s State of the Province Address (SOPA) in Johannesburg on Monday to see if he will announce measures to curb crime.

SOPA marks the opening of the Provincial Legislature

Gauteng has seen a number of mass shooting incidents, which have left many communities traumatised and feeling unsafe in recent months.

Crime analyst Thabang Bogopa says, “It’s very terrible. I will start with what is in the public discourse. We had the general of intelligence within the South African Police Service (SAPS) saying that the majority of SAPS subscribe to cartels, that is very bad…”