DA condemns SAPS’ ongoing failure to provide effective policing [SOUND]

# The DA says Statistics South Africa’s Governance, Public Safety and Justice survey 2024/2025 shows that citizens are under increasing siege from violent crime. According to the survey, theft of personal property is the most common crime affecting South African individuals, but around 70-percent of victims choose not to report the crime. Only 36.1-percent of South Africans feel safe walking alone at night in their own communities. The DA’s Lisa Schickerling says SAPS continues to fail to provide effective policing: