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The delegation on Wednesday took the community's frustrations over high levels of crime to the president's office. Earlier on Wednesday, security personnel refused the delegation entry into the Union Buildings.

PRETORIA - A meeting with disgruntled Diespsloot community leaders and representatives from the president's office is underway at the Union Buildings.

There has been unrest in Diepsloot for the past two days over the lack of police visibility, which is leading to severe crime levels in the area. The Diepsloot Community Forum’s Lefa Nkala said that they’d tried everything to address crime in the area, and their last resort was to seek a presidential intervention.

 

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