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http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2334823,00.html
Cape Town - A new report on crime trends would show that the crime rate was being steadily reduced, said Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula in Parliament on Wednesday
Speaking in his budget speech in the National Assembly, Nqakula said the new report due to be released soon would show that police work across the country continued to drive down the levels of crime.
"Of course, more work needs to be done given that, despite the downward trend in crime levels, the levels of violent crime are still unacceptably high," he said.
He said the police must do more to create the environment of safety and security defined in their mandate.
"We are going to be discussing in due course, here in Parliament, and at other levels of human endeavour in our country, bills that seek to define new ways of dealing with organised crime."
State-of-the-art technology
"The vehicle we want to create is the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, which will comprise some of the best experience from the Directorate of Special Operations and the police's organised crime unit and commercial branch."
Steps were being taken to increase the number of prosecutions by appointing organised crime prosecutors to provide guidance and assistance to detectives investigating these cases.
State-of-the-art technology had been procured for deployment against crime and the process of identifying criminals had been enhanced by the use of the automated fingerprint identification system.
"We want, once more, to make a call to all our law-abiding citizens that they should be involved in the various elements of crime prevention and combating in our country, to create an environment conducive to the building of peace and stability," Nqakula said
"There must not be any respite for criminals. No space should be left open for them to operate.
"Working together with all South Africans, we must flush out criminals from our communities and have them arrested, prosecuted and sentenced so that they can be kept away from law-abiding citizens," he said.
Democratic Alliance spokesperson Diane Kohler-Barnard said Nqakula had not taken the fears and concerns of citizens to heart.
She said he called the people who had a problem with crime, moaners who should leave the country.
"He actually said that the victims of crime had just two options, to complain until they were blue in the face, or leave. This, after he had spent so much time in Burundi instead of getting on with his work here," she said.
"Like the president (Thabo Mbeki), the minister and, indeed, so many members of the Cabinet working out their last days of office are totally out of touch with reality.
Causing untold pain
"Perhaps, instead of berating citizens, he could have shown just a touch of empathy," she said.
"Crime continues to constitute a national emergency, and it's causing untold pain and suffering in the lives of millions of South Africans," she said.
Kohler-Barnard praised the men and women of the SA Police Service for doing a spectacular job, despite what she claimed was almost a vacuum in leadership.
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2334823,00.html
Cape Town - A new report on crime trends would show that the crime rate was being steadily reduced, said Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula in Parliament on Wednesday
Speaking in his budget speech in the National Assembly, Nqakula said the new report due to be released soon would show that police work across the country continued to drive down the levels of crime.
"Of course, more work needs to be done given that, despite the downward trend in crime levels, the levels of violent crime are still unacceptably high," he said.
He said the police must do more to create the environment of safety and security defined in their mandate.
"We are going to be discussing in due course, here in Parliament, and at other levels of human endeavour in our country, bills that seek to define new ways of dealing with organised crime."
State-of-the-art technology
"The vehicle we want to create is the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, which will comprise some of the best experience from the Directorate of Special Operations and the police's organised crime unit and commercial branch."
Steps were being taken to increase the number of prosecutions by appointing organised crime prosecutors to provide guidance and assistance to detectives investigating these cases.
State-of-the-art technology had been procured for deployment against crime and the process of identifying criminals had been enhanced by the use of the automated fingerprint identification system.
"We want, once more, to make a call to all our law-abiding citizens that they should be involved in the various elements of crime prevention and combating in our country, to create an environment conducive to the building of peace and stability," Nqakula said
"There must not be any respite for criminals. No space should be left open for them to operate.
"Working together with all South Africans, we must flush out criminals from our communities and have them arrested, prosecuted and sentenced so that they can be kept away from law-abiding citizens," he said.
Democratic Alliance spokesperson Diane Kohler-Barnard said Nqakula had not taken the fears and concerns of citizens to heart.
She said he called the people who had a problem with crime, moaners who should leave the country.
"He actually said that the victims of crime had just two options, to complain until they were blue in the face, or leave. This, after he had spent so much time in Burundi instead of getting on with his work here," she said.
"Like the president (Thabo Mbeki), the minister and, indeed, so many members of the Cabinet working out their last days of office are totally out of touch with reality.
Causing untold pain
"Perhaps, instead of berating citizens, he could have shown just a touch of empathy," she said.
"Crime continues to constitute a national emergency, and it's causing untold pain and suffering in the lives of millions of South Africans," she said.
Kohler-Barnard praised the men and women of the SA Police Service for doing a spectacular job, despite what she claimed was almost a vacuum in leadership.
