OPINION: Crime does not need prayers, fighting crime needs action
A lot needs to be done to curb crime in our communities. Glancing through the quarterly crime statistics, released by the Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on Friday 30 August, there is a long way to go before we can root out the scourge.
Philippi-East is seventh in SA and fifth in the province. Mfuleni featured eighth and sixth, nationwide and in the province, respectively, while Gugulethu came in at number 14 nationally and ninth in the Western Cape.Seeing these stations in these categories has become a norm. I believe that most of the murders are related to extortion and taxi violence. There is a lot that needs to be done to resolve the challenges we are encountering in our societies.
It’s dog-eat-dog in this country. It is the survival of the fittest. If it is not a crime, it is corruption.
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