DA tables ground-breaking Gauteng Community Safety Oversight Bill
12 August 2020
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has tabled its Community Safety Oversight Bill in the Gauteng Legislature to strengthen and improve the South African Police Service (SAPS) ability to stem the growing crime pandemic that is sweeping across the province.
The most recent crime statistics reveal that Gauteng is the second most dangerous place to live in South Africa.
The Bill will not only increase oversight of the SAPS, but it will empower communities to hold the Executive and police to account.
Communities that have been abandoned by the ANC-led Provincial Government will now have greater recourse to the law through increased powers devolved to Neighbourhood Watches and Community Police Forums.