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A crime scene.
Residents of Orange Farm in the South of Johannesburg have called for more collaboration with the law enforcement in the area to combat crime. Orange Farm is notorious for several criminal activities, including gun violence.
A community patrol group called Amadoda Emizi was established, following a mass shooting where a family of seven was shot dead in October 2024.
Gauteng recorded a significant drop in community-reported serious crime during the third quarter of the 2025-26 financial year, covering October to December 2025.
Despite the improvement, the province continues to carry a disproportionate share of the country’s crime burden.
Some residents have expressed concern about their safety.
“I wake up every day at 4am for work. It’s dark at that time and we don’t have street lights. So, I really don’t feel safe. I have witnessed a lot of crime happening in front of my eyes,” says one of the residents.
Another resident adds, “I think if the police could be more visible in our area, crime can be combated. We jump dead bodies almost every day here.”
“We try to combat crime whenever and however we can. We mainly come across gang violence as it is the highest in this area. Although we sometimes struggle with swift response, because of moving from one area to the other, since we work with the police to cover the whole of Orange Farm,” says Amadoda Emizi’s Siphiwe Radebe.
Residents have highlighted poor service delivery as a contributing factor to the surge in crime within the area.
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