LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Hill-Lewis links Ekurhuleni killings to DA’s campaign to empower ‘trustworthy’ metro cops
The DA has offered a R500,000 award for information on the women killed in Ekurhuleni, but in the lead-up to the local government elections, DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has also used the killings to make a broader argument about policing powers and the state of the EMPD.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has offered a R500,000 reward for information on the women killed in Ekurhuleni, amid a series of murders that have escalated concerns over policing in the metro. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has linked the killings to the Democratic Alliance's campaign to empower trustworthy metro police and overhaul the Ekurhuleni local government ahead of the 4 November elections.
The party has also requested the national police increase the reward to R600,000, though Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Tebello Mosikili stated that the DA's reward cannot be combined with the official police reward due to protocol. Hill-Lewis defended the DA's actions, claiming that substantial rewards can encourage people within criminal organizations to provide information, and that the party has used similar tactics in Cape Town before.
He also argued that a DA-led Ekurhuleni would provide additional policing capacity and conduct lifestyle audits on senior officers to ensure integrity.
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