DA calls for strengthening of rural safety patrols after brutal farm attack
29 September 2020
The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls for the urgent strengthening of the South African Police Services (SAPS) rural safety patrols after another brutal farm attack in Bronkhorstspruit this week.
The DA called for urgent action in the area earlier this year after four suspects attacked a Bronkhorstspruit couple and the seven orphans in their care, but SAPS remained unmoved.
While SAPS patrol vehicles sit in the government garage for months communities are forced to do their own patrols.
The DA recently introduced the Gauteng Community Safety Oversight Bill which will devolve increased powers to Neighbourhood Watches and Community Police Forums in rural communities that have been abandoned by the ANC-led Provincial Government. The Bill will also increase civilian oversight over community safety in Gauteng.