SAPS is losing the war on crime – here's how it needs to rethink its approach
This is a “war” the police can’t win on their own because violent crime in South Africa is a complex phenomenon.
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This is a “war” the police can’t win on their own because violent crime in South Africa is a complex phenomenon.
The police's conventional "war" on crime faces criticism, lacking innovation in addressing complex factors like poverty and substance abuse.
South Africa’s latest crime statistics show that people continue to face a serious problem of violent crime, especially murder.
Government departments, civil society groups and the private sector should pool resources and work together in a co-ordinated manner to prevent violent crime.
A quick review of Daily Maverick’s coverage of the Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens reveals that most of the accusations and claims made against them are overstated, political, contrived and speculative.