Honest and professional police needed in Northern Cape
8 November 2018
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape is calling on the Provincial Police Commissioner, Risimati Shivuri, to take a firmer stance against crime.
In the past week, there have been two early morning armed robberies in Kimberley, one from a house in a residential area and the other relating to an attack on a cyclist. The rise in crime, most notably armed robberies, is a worrying indication that we are not safe in Kimberley, not even in our own homes.
This is not surprising given the recent findings of the Stats SA’s Victims of Crime Survey, that indicates that people in the Northern Cape are more likely to become victims of robberies and housebreaking than their fellow South Africans living in other provinces.
There has been an alarming change in dynamics in the crime situation in Kimberley over the years. Kimberley has changed from a peaceful city in which to raise your kids, to a place of fear.