ANC's Dada Morero withdraws comment on hiring foreigners

JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has withdrawn his proposal to hire legally documented foreign nationals to boost the Joburg Metro Police's crime fighting capacity.

On the weekend Morero said that the City might have to consider recruiting qualified and properly documented foreign nationals, to assist with bridging the language barriers when foreign nationals are arrested.

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But the proposal was swiftly shot down by his own ANC, and other parties in the metro.

At a briefing today Morero tried to do damage control.