STATE OF THE PROVINCE: New KZN premier navigates gloomy outlook by taking tough line on crime, energy and unemployment

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In her maiden address, KwaZulu-Natal premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube outlined plans to combat the affects of rolling blackouts on the province and targeted gun ownership regulations and proposed DNA profiling of all South Africans as a means of addressing crime.

The experts would facilitate the rollout of rooftop solar panels, review building standards to include greater energy efficiency, and it would be required that all new social housing projects would include solar geysers.

Among other ongoing initiatives in the province is Eskom’s Battery Energy Storage System project in Elandskop which, once completed, will haveElandskop is part of Phase 1 of Eskom’s Bess project, which includes the installation of approximately 199MW additional capacity, with 833MWh storage of distributed battery storage plants at eight distribution substation sites throughout the country.

She said the provincial government would call for tighter gun control, particularly on how many rounds an individual would be allowed to purchase. But there would also be focus on “unlicensed guns, fake gun shops, and guns which are in the hands of illegitimate firearm owners due to deceased estates”.

 

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DNA profiling: All South Africans are all treated as potential criminals, what about people that are undocumented? I seem to remember a big backlog of DNA samples for criminal court cases.

Maybe she should concentrate on sorting out the influx of illegal migrants and profile them first! That should sort out half her problems in one sweep!

Gun ownership? Most crimes are committed by people with UNLICENSED firearms. VoetsekANC

All pointless....everything in this country is overshadowed by corruption!

Like DNA leap

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