{"id":374476,"date":"2026-08-12T10:21:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/374476\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:21:22","slug":"moshe-koma-on-crime-and-undocumented-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/374476\/","title":{"rendered":"Moshe Koma on Crime and Undocumented Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\tMoshe Koma addresses Johannesburg’s crime issue, emphasising that it should not be blamed solely on undocumented migrants.\n\t<\/p>\n

EFF provincial secretary Moshe Koma says Johannesburg\u2019s crime problem should not be reduced to the presence of undocumented migrants.<\/p>\n

Koma, who serves as the City of Johannesburg\u2019s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety, discussed crime, coalition politics and the upcoming elections during an episode of The Movement podcast.<\/p>\n

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Moshe Koma: Why are we giving crime a nationality?<\/p>\n

He argued that criminality should be addressed regardless of a suspect\u2019s nationality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not only an issue of illegal immigrants. The problem we are confronted with is crime,\u201d Koma said.<\/p>\n

He claimed that some hijacked buildings are occupied or controlled by South Africans who then involve foreign nationals in their operations.<\/p>\n

Koma also pointed to drug dealing as an example of why authorities should focus on criminal networks rather than nationality.<\/p>\n

He said South Africans are also involved in criminal activities and questioned why the nationality of suspected criminals should become the central issue.<\/p>\n

The EFF official instead called for greater accountability within government departments responsible for immigration and border management.<\/p>\n

Koma alleged that government officials have contributed to the problem by helping people circumvent the law.<\/p>\n

He cited arrests involving officials allegedly linked to illegal electricity connections and other municipal misconduct.<\/p>\n

Koma also raised concerns about the issuing of identity documents to undocumented migrants, arguing that government failures should be addressed alongside illegal immigration.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs the problem us, as government officials?\u201d he asked during the discussion.<\/p>\n

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On Johannesburg\u2019s coalition government, Koma acknowledged that tensions exist between political parties but said the EFF remains committed to working in the interests of residents.<\/p>\n

He said the party would continue to disagree with its coalition partners when it believes budgets or policies fail to address unemployment and service delivery.<\/p>\n

Koma also defended the EFF\u2019s record in Johannesburg, highlighting 24-hour clinics, free sanitary products, and efforts to address hijacked buildings and substance abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moshe Koma addresses Johannesburg’s crime issue, emphasising that it should not be blamed solely on undocumented migrants. EFF…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[52],"tags":[6243,70025,261,131],"class_list":["post-374476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-south-africa","tag-economic-freedom-fighters-eff","tag-local-municipal-elections","tag-politics","tag-south-africa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117082042558930776","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}