Democratic Alliance leader and Cape Town mayoral candidate Geordin Hill-Lewis has pledged to establish South Africa’s first Metro Police Detective Unit if re-elected, saying the move will strengthen criminal investigations and improve conviction rates.

Hill-Lewis was addressing hundreds of DA members and supporters in Delft, Cape Town, on Wednesday, where he launched the party’s “Stronger Policing Pledge” ahead of the 2026 local government elections.

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“We are going to take Cape Town forward by building South Africa’s first Metro Police Detective Unit. This has never been done anywhere in South Africa,” Hill-Lewis said.

“For four years I have worked with three police ministers and they all tell me the same thing: ‘We will think about it. We will get back to you.’

“We are not going to wait for you to do the right thing

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