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 linked recent killings in Ekurhuleni to their campaign to empower "trustworthy" metro cops ahead of the 2026 local government elections. DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis offered a R500,000 reward for information on the women killed in Ekurhuleni, positioning the party as the alternative to what they described as a reactive and failing local government.
The killings have prompted an intensified police investigation, with the discovery of nine women's bodies in less than two months. Hill-Lewis defended the DA's decision, stating that large rewards could help investigators obtain information from within criminal networks, but the police have made it clear that the DA's proposed reward cannot be combined with the official police reward.
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