Measures have been put in place to combat illegal mining and criminality on Gauteng’s West Rand and this according to the African National Congress (ANC) Deputy Regional Chairperson, Lucky Sele who is also the mayor of the Mogle City local municipality.
Sele spoke to SABC News while on the campaign trail with the party’s first Deputy Secretary General, Nomvula Mokonyane.
Last weekend, a mass shooting took place in Wedela, Carletonville claiming the lives of 18 people.
The death toll in the mass tavern shooting in Wedela on the West Rand of Gauteng has increased to 18.
Police say the charges have now been updated to 18 counts of murder, 18 counts of attempted murder, two counts of malicious damage to property and armed robbery.… pic.twitter.com/WPt8UhuBiT— SABC News (@SABCNews) September 28, 2026
Sele hopes that the measures will reduce such incidents.
“Working with the provincial government, we are also looking at the issue of having high mass lights across our region. High mass lights that have cameras, and also the panic button that has been introduced by the southern provincial government. Adding to that, we will use our capacity in terms of our public safety division working together with police to ensure that there is a coordinated effort to deal with this criminality.”
