The Minister of Police,
General Bheki Cele promised a clean-up operation in Olievenhoutbosch. This
follows a stakeholders meeting held in the area on the 04 of June
2021. The meeting was attended by Deputy
Minister of Police Cassel Mathale, MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko and
National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla Sitole to address policing concerns
in Olievenhoutbosch ranging from lack of service delivery, fraud and corruption
amongst others. 
The
Minister promised the local community a plan that will deal with the challenges
faced by the local police stations. Amongst some of the plans to be rolled out
is the overhauling of the management of the police station, a new station
commander to be deployed to the area by July 2021.  The police management also made an undertaking
to extend the building of the police station to accommodate more officers to
serve the growing population in Olievenhoutbosch. Meanwhile, the stations
resourcing shortcomings will be addressed over the coming weeks, with the
injection of new patrol vehicles to complement the existing fleet. 
A
Detectives team has been assembled to investigate many cases that have not been
finalized. The team is expected to track and trace suspects, wanted for various crimes including murder,
rape and robbery. 
Mr. Obed Mahlaku, a resident
in the area described the police station as a cop shop due to police officers
‘s involvement in corrupt activities. He suggested that the police station is
as good as closed.  
Dikeledi Ntlatseng from IPID
urged the members of the community continue reporting corrupt police officers
in an effort to have a fully functional police station that serves the interest
of the local community. 
 
MEC
Faith Mazibuko committed that Gauteng Community Safety will revive the local
Community Police Forum (CPF) to facilitate community-police relations in
Olievenhoutbosch area as well as build street committees that are fully
functional and operational.
Minister Cele promised the
community that the station will be monitored very closely by the police
ministry. “The stations performance
will be monitored at national level through the inspectorate and regular
reports will be issued to the police management to monitor its progress,” said
Minister Bheki Cele.