One thousand new law enforcement trainees of the City of Cape Town, under the LEAP programme, will add to the 1 300 that are already on the ground in the crime hotspots of the city.

This is to assist the SAPS in the fight against a Metro ravaged by criminality.

Five of the top ten crime hotspots in the country are from the Cape Metro, according to latest SAPS crime statistics.

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Premier Alan Winde are to attend the training session.

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