President Jacob Zuma has committed Government to ensure a significant improvement in the link between police and prosecutors‚ following an unannounced visit to the Nyanga police station in Cape Town.
The visit coincided with Stats SA’s crime survey‚ which found that South Africans were feeling unsafe and that 41.7% of households believed crime had increased in their areas in the last three years.
The president undertook the visit as part of the Presidential Siyahlola Monitoring programme to gain a first-hand account of work that is being done to fight crime in the area.
The Nyanga South African Police Service (SAPS) Cluster comprises the following stations — Nyanga‚ Manenberg‚ Bishop Lavis‚ Gugulethu‚ Elsies River and Philippi East
The presidency‚ in a statement after the visit‚ said: “President Zuma has committed government to assist the police station and ensure that there’s significant coordination in the criminal justice system to increase the level of prosecution as there were complains that criminals do not get prosecuted“.
“We are concerned with regard to the coordination within the criminal justice system‚ there should high levels of prosecution because we cannot co-exist with criminals because they undermine the rights of our citizens. We have encouraged the police to continue working hard to fight drug abuse in this area‚” the statement added.
“....We will engage the departments in the Justice‚ Crime Prevention and Security Cluster to attend to challenges faced by the police station‚” Zuma was quoted as saying.
The presidency said Nyanga police station commissioner‚ Brigadier Vuyisile Ncata‚ had explained to President Zuma that the officers were challenged by cases involving drugs‚ murder‚ carjacking and other human contact crimes.
He said initiatives to combat this included a satellite station in Browns Farm‚ which has been operational since October 2016 and has “contributed immensely in the mitigation of crime in the area“.
“...The partnership with community is improving but more still needs to be done to improve the situation‚” Brigadier Ncata said.
Lawyers must do more to help cops put criminals behind bars‚ Zuma told
President Jacob Zuma has committed Government to ensure a significant improvement in the link between police and prosecutors‚ following an unannounced visit to the Nyanga police station in Cape Town.
The visit coincided with Stats SA’s crime survey‚ which found that South Africans were feeling unsafe and that 41.7% of households believed crime had increased in their areas in the last three years.
The president undertook the visit as part of the Presidential Siyahlola Monitoring programme to gain a first-hand account of work that is being done to fight crime in the area.
The Nyanga South African Police Service (SAPS) Cluster comprises the following stations — Nyanga‚ Manenberg‚ Bishop Lavis‚ Gugulethu‚ Elsies River and Philippi East
The presidency‚ in a statement after the visit‚ said: “President Zuma has committed government to assist the police station and ensure that there’s significant coordination in the criminal justice system to increase the level of prosecution as there were complains that criminals do not get prosecuted“.
“We are concerned with regard to the coordination within the criminal justice system‚ there should high levels of prosecution because we cannot co-exist with criminals because they undermine the rights of our citizens. We have encouraged the police to continue working hard to fight drug abuse in this area‚” the statement added.
“....We will engage the departments in the Justice‚ Crime Prevention and Security Cluster to attend to challenges faced by the police station‚” Zuma was quoted as saying.
The presidency said Nyanga police station commissioner‚ Brigadier Vuyisile Ncata‚ had explained to President Zuma that the officers were challenged by cases involving drugs‚ murder‚ carjacking and other human contact crimes.
He said initiatives to combat this included a satellite station in Browns Farm‚ which has been operational since October 2016 and has “contributed immensely in the mitigation of crime in the area“.
“...The partnership with community is improving but more still needs to be done to improve the situation‚” Brigadier Ncata said.
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