River Park community leaders satisfied with Sandringham police response to their demands
RIVER PARK– We are still awaiting the department of Home Affairs to come on board because police will not know if the person is legally or illegally in the country until it is verified by Home Affairs officials.
River Park community activist and leader Tsietsi Kungoane said residents were satisfied in the manner which the Sandringham police have responded to their memorandum of demands they recently handed over to them.
This was after residents of River Park marched to the station on 1 February.
The group of residents wanted the police and the Department of Home Affairs to conduct an operation that will result in the arrest of undocumented immigrants. They alleged that some of these immigrants were involved in criminal activities in the area.
Kungoane who is a member of River Park Residents Association said though the police were trying their best to eliminate crime in the area, their job had been difficult because Home Affairs had not yet come on board to verify the documents of foreigners living in the area.
“We are satisfied with the manner in which police have responded to our demands,” he said. “They have started patrolling the area and a number of criminals have since been arrested. We are still awaiting the Department of Home Affairs to come on board because police will not know if the person is legally or illegally in the country until it is verified by Home Affairs officials.
“We will have a meeting with Home Affairs authorities to raise our concerns with them.”
Kungoane added that if the department failed to give them certainty on the matter they would be forced to embark on a mass march to their offices.
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