The criminal justice system must bite so that criminals can find no place to hide, ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Saturday.

Zuma, who was on his door -to-door election campaign in Mogwase in the North West, said his party has identified the gaps in the criminal justice system and proposed reforms in the system.

"Together we can ensure that all bad elements in our communities are removed," the ANC quoted him as saying.

It said Zuma met three other families in the Mabele-a-Podi section and two families in unit five Mogwase and also addressed a crowd at Mogwase Shopping Complex.

Urging people to vote, he said: "The ANC as an organisation is what it is because of you. If you are not there, there won't be any ANC, ANC ke ANC ka lo na (the ANC is the ANC because of you)."

Sapa