A petition is calling for South Africa to establish and permanently fund a specialised serial crime task team after the deaths of nine women in Ekurhuleni, including cases linked to the Kempton Park area. The petition urges the relevant national ministers to act on what it describes as the need for a dedicated unit to investigate serial crimes more effectively.
The petition is directed at Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia, asking that the task team be created and provided with ongoing funding rather than relying on temporary measures. The outlet covering the petition frames the request around the scale of the fatalities and the urgency of improving investigative capacity.
No other outlets were provided in the input, so this summary reflects only the single report’s account of the petition, its targets, and the circumstances cited.
