The provincial government has declared a formal dispute with Minister Cele over a shortage of officers.
CAPE TOWN - Police Minister Bheki Cele is to meet with Western Cape government officials within the next month to discuss failures relating to policing in the province.Community Safety MEC Alan Winde said that his department has offered to help to address the issue.
Police Minister Bheki Cele and Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole in September released the 2017/18 crime figures. According to the research, the national murder rate had increased by almost 7%, which translated to 57 murders a day. Kraaifontein recorded the biggest jump with a staggering 31% increase in murders. The stats also showed how almost all gang-related murders in South Africa were recorded in the Western Cape.Following ongoing violence by gangs in the province, officials deployed an anti-gang unit to gang-plagued communities.
Members of the unit have been sent to patrol hot spots in neighbourhoods in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, as well as in Gauteng and the Free State.
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