Minister Cele's excuses not good enough - IFP
12 September 2019
The IFP rejects the notion that the increase in violence and crime can be ascribed to alcohol and drug abuse on weekends. Reducing South Africans to mere “weekend specials” is inexcusable and SAPS’s together with the Justice and Peace Cluster Ministers continue to sit on their hands while stats rise instead of decline.
The chilling statistics and the increasing rate of violent crimes in our country begs the question if our current tactical‚ strategic and prevention systems are enough to deter criminals from committing these heinous crimes.
In its presentation to Parliament, the SAPS Commissioner together with Minister Bheki Cele merely packaged stats differently this year and had dismally failed to do introspection on what is required from the state to quash crime, social ills in our communities and the desperation of our people who are suffering due to poverty, rising unemployment and an economy near collapse.
It is deplorable that murder has increased by 1.4 % up to 21 022 cases and reported sexual offences increased by 4.6% up to 52 420 cases in the past year and this clearly shows that women are facing war on our streets.