Zuma vows to combat crime

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ANC President Jacob Zuma said yesterday evening at a Solidarity workers’ organisation dinner that he believes “something extra” is needed to combat the scourge of crime in South Africa.

He said the country needed to harness its available resources in an improved manner with all citizens having a role to play.

“One thing is that we don’t have user-friendly laws for criminals,” he said.

“Let us clean out crime so that South Africa is a crime-free country,” he added.

“If anything, we need your hands and brains,” Zuma told the audience of union representatives and workers.

He added that the ANC branches all over the country had an important role to play in ushering in changes in communities.

“Crime is a concern of all of us. Those with no place to go (ie. people who have no second passport or can’t emigrate) must find solutions to deal with it,” he said.

Zuma concluded with a message of hope that SA has a politically alert population and was stable on a number of fronts, like the economy.

“SA belongs to all and South Africa is your home. There is no need for despondency or low morale,” he emphasised.

Zuma noted that the ANC looked forward to engaging with groups such as Solidarity going forward on key concerns they have.

His speech was very much one of an open-door policy on discussing the concerns of all South Africans and finding common ground on these issues.

Zuma noted that going forward he suspected that concerns around affirmative action would “wither away’, but that in the interim more engagement was needed on understanding it, but that the policy should not allow for victimisation.

“It should not be discrimination in reverse,” he said.

Solidarity is a mainly white Afrikaner trade union, which challenged Zuma on a number of issues, with crime and marginalisation high on the agenda.

After being serenaded by up-and-coming Afrikaans musicians, Zuma was presented with a chest dating back to the Great Trek, where settlers kept their most prized possessions, including a family bible. Zuma’s chest included one such family bible, which he duly accepted.
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http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=722294

*yawn

I'm going to stop posting Zuma-related articles now
 
Let's all follow your (^) example. He's talking like those candidates we all hear about across the pond... ;) Difference is he pretty much rides into the job where the other 2 have to still battle it out in some form of a democracy.
 
Legalising RAPE will cut the crime stats in half!!!
 
at least Zuma is trying to unite in speech , what about some of you , all you can do is say is crime this crime that like little girls . The day you get shot thats when you will realise what crime is all about in this country . Stop complaining come up with ideas .
 
zanga said:
at least Zuma is trying to unite in speech , what about some of you , all you can do is say is crime this crime that like little girls . The day you get shot thats when you will realise what crime is all about in this country . Stop complaining come up with ideas .
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we already know what its about

we aint the police kid, we don just go around making arrests or make random speeches. all we can do is talk about it like little girls
 
boramk said:
we already know what its about

we aint the police kid, we don just go around making arrests or make random speeches. all we can do is talk about it like little girls
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True.
The police are paid to come up with ideas.

Our job is to pay taxes to pay the police.
 
bwah our job is to pay taxes for the police to do that job . u sure u trust Jackie Selebi with your tax money or him to do the job
 
zanga said:
bwah our job is to pay taxes for the police to do that job . u sure u trust Jackie Selebi with your tax money or him to do the job
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ok zanga. you go outside and fight crime for us.
after all, the police are useless and your telling us to do something about it
 
zanga said:
bwah our job is to pay taxes for the police to do that job . u sure u trust Jackie Selebi with your tax money or him to do the job
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Jackie Selebi is a crook.

Always was.

We did not choose him.

His crooked buddy Thabo Mbeki chose him.
 
why dont u start a forum on the best ways to combat crime not this non-progressive thing , some1 could be helped . Stop acting like a jilted teenage sweetheart boramk
 
zanga said:
why dont u start a forum on the best ways to combat crime not this non-progressive thing , some1 could be helped . Stop acting like a jilted teenage sweetheart boramk
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Yeah, I guess youre right, starting a forum will stop crime
 
maybe I am wrong . We havent yet seen the rapid results of your complaining Boram . Too much pride for nothing .
 
come up with ideas buddy , dont be a p***y cat .
 
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