Agri Western Cape welcomes government plans for rural safety
6 June 2019
Agri Western Cape has shown their support for a rural safety plan presented to them by the Western Cape Government in a meeting held today.
New plans will be embarked upon in a consultative manner, with various players across the agricultural sector.
Premier Winde said: “The current lack of safety is first and foremost affecting our people, but also our economy. One of the biggest challenges we face in this province is to create jobs and grow the economy but in order to do that, you need an ecosystem to support it. The number one hurdle we face is safety, we have to get that right.”
“Before we even had the first cabinet meeting of this administration, three of our ministers had to go and visit families who had lost loved ones to murder. People need to feel safe and we need to be doing more to make that a reality across the province, in both our rural and urban areas.”