Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane said that the government wants to send a clear message that violence will not be tolerated.
Police in the province say that they have identified a pattern of kidnappings for ransom crimes on the East Rand since the beginning of the festive season.
Lebogang Mokoena used a minibus to lure, rape, kidnap and rob passengers in what later became known as the 'Quantum Rapes'.
An Ekurhuleni officer was shot in the foot and taken to hospital, while her husband was shot dead on the scene.
Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says the man known as Ernest Khoza has been identified as one of the suspects in the murder of seven people.
Protests flared up again as community members accused police of firing at them during a peaceful march
Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says nearly half of the crimes committed in Gauteng take place in just 40 of the province's 142 police station precincts.
It has credited the creation of task teams for the drop-in murder rates in areas like Kagiso.
The Gauteng Community Safety Department has released crime stats in the province for the 2017/2018 financial year.
Community MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane confirmed on Friday that three people were arrested in connection with the attack.
The department, along with the Yellow Ribbon Foundation and various other organisations gathered on Sunday at the Good News Church of the Nazarene of Ennerdale.
Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane met with various law enforcement agencies on Monday to discuss the spate of cash van attacks being experienced in the province.
The 10-year-old autistic girl went missing last week and her body was found in the Moretele River on Sunday.
MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says anyone who does not comply with the rules of the road will be dealt with.
Twenty-one-year-old Siyabonga Ngcobo, a Sports Management student at the Tshwane University of Technology, was murdered in Arcadia.
Siyabonga Ngcobo was attacked by a group of criminals in Arcadia late on Thursday night. MEC Sizakele Nkosi- Malobane is calling on anyone with information on the crime to come forward.
Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane will also visit schools in Sebokeng as part of Gauteng government’s readiness programme.
Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane says that the ANC resolution on land expropriation without compensation is non-negotiable.
