SAFTU urges government to address the root causes of crime [SOUND]

# Saftu is urging the government to address the root causes of crime by improving economic conditions and creating sustainable jobs. Saftu’s Mogoshadi Maserumule says government must strengthen community policing initiatives and ensure law enforcement agencies are adequately resourced and implement effective programmes for rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders to prevent reoffending. She says the federation reiterates that crime cannot be reduced without addressing its root causes poverty, unemployment, and underpaid struggling workers: