AfriForum is calling for a formal partnership between SAPS and neighbourhood watches [SOUND]

# AfriForum says acting minister of Police Firoz Cachalia’s acknowledgement that communities play an indispensable role in combating crime must now be transformed into a formal partnership between SAPS and neighbourhood watches. The latest crime statistics show that although the murder rate decreased by 5.9-percent during the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year, five-thousand-427 people were still murdered in the span of just three months. AfriForum’s Jacques Broodryk says communities should not be regarded as a resource only during major operations: