# The South African Federation of Trade Unions has welcomed the latest quarterly crime statistics for the fourth quarter. Murder cases decreased by 9.5-percent, rape cases by 8.5-percent, with a 4.6-percent decline in overall contact crime. However, Saftu’s Asive Dyani says the levels of violence remain catastrophically high. She says South Africa is still recording […]
# AfriForum sê die jongste misdaadstatistieke toon die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens slaag steeds nie daarin om gemeenskappe doeltreffend te beskerm nie, ten spyte van ‘n effense daling van 4,6-persent in geweldsmisdaad. Die organisasie voer aan dat polisiëring nie gesentraliseer kan word nie en moet beter met plaaslike veiligheidsstrukture saamwerk, aangesien misdaaduitdagings nie in alle streke dieselfde […]
# AfriForum says the latest crime statistics show that the South African Police Service is still failing to effectively protect communities, despite a slight drop of 4.6-percent in violent crime. The organisation argues that policing cannot be centralised and must involve stronger cooperation with local safety structures, as crime challenges differ across regions. AfriForum’s Jacques […]
# Action Society says the latest crime statistics confirm a deep crisis in the policing system, with more than five-thousand murders recorded between January and March. The organisation argues violent crime remains extremely high, while communities continue to face rising levels of rape, assault and other serious offences. Action Society’s Juanita du Preez also raised […]
# Action Society sê die jongste misdaadstatistieke bevestig ‘n diep krisis in die polisiëringstelsel, met meer as vyf-duisend moorde wat tussen Januarie en Maart gerapporteer is. Die organisasie voer aan geweldsmisdaad bly steeds uiters hoog, terwyl gemeenskappe steeds stygende vlakke van verkragting, aanranding en ander ernstige oortredings ondervind. Juanita du Preez van Action Society spreek […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, het die stigting van ‘n raadgewende paneel vir die Polisie aangekondig om wetstoepassingshervormings te bevorder. Die voormalige kommissaris van die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens, Edward Kieswetter, sal die voorsitter wees, en die adjunkvoorsitter van die Staatsdienskommissie, Zukiswa Mqolombo, sal as adjunkvoorsitter dien. Cachalia sê die paneel sal advies gee […]
# Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has announced the establishment of a Police Advisory Panel to help drive policing reforms. Former South African Revenue Service Commissioner Edward Kieswetter will chair the panel, with Public Service Commission deputy chairperson Zukiswa Mqolombo serving as deputy chair. Cachalia says the panel will advise on the police reset agenda […]
# Die speaker van die Nasionale Vergadering, Thoko Didiza, sê president Cyril Ramaphosa het die Parlement nie gevra om die ampsklagproses rondom die Phala Phala-saak te staak nie. Ramaphosa het die Parlement egter in kennis gestel dat hy die saak hof toe gaan neem. Volgens Didiza sal die Parlement wag vir die president se hofstukke, […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê misdaadpatrone in Suid-Afrika toon steeds groot streeksverskille, ondanks ‘n algehele afname in moorde. Die meeste moorde landwyd – meer as 80-persent – is in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, die Wes-Kaap en die Oos-Kaap aangeteken. Die Oos-Kaap het die hoogste moordsyfer met 14,3 moorde per 100-duisend mense, gevolg deur […]
