Crime in the country is spiralling out of control and the Western Cape is in the middle of the storm, with a 50% increase in contact crime. Especially worrying is a 74% increase in sex-related crimes. crimestats westerncape
Allen said Western Cape residents deserve a far better explanation for failed crime intelligence and the lack of resources to keep them all safe – ANC internal politics within the national Cabinet can not be the excuse.
ANC provincial spokesperson for community safety Mesuli Kama said they argued countless times that crime was not only a police responsibility, communities have a role to play, yet in the Western Cape they have a government that has been actively involved in destabilising community crime fighting structures.
He said the so-called “Western Cape Safety Plan” was a sham and did not get close to addressing the root causes of crime. “We need more visible policing and proactive community policing, instead of a reactive approach – where the police arrive on scene after the fact,” she said.
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