KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube is appealing to Umkhayakude residents in northern KwaZulu-Natal to work with police to fight cross-border crime.
[File image] Nomusa Dube-Ncube speaking at an event.
Dube-Ncube says the provincial government says a new contractor has been appointed to erect high concrete barriers to prevent vehicles stolen in South Africa from being taken across the border to Mozambique. uMkhanyakude residents also raised a number of service delivery concerns, including the lack of adequate water, poor infrastructure, and cross-border crime.
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