# The DA says the killing of three people in Khayelitsha over the weekend shows the ongoing crime problem in the Western Cape and the pressure on police. According to the party, outgoing provincial police commissioner Thembisile Patekile has acknowledged that the current policing system is failing and supports giving municipal law enforcement more powers to help tackle crime. The DA’s Benedicta van Minnen has urged acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia to urgently consider reforms to strengthen local policing capacity.
DA says Khayelitsha killings expose failures in the policing system