THE South African Police Service (SAPS) management will urgently execute a turnaround plan in four of the country’s provinces with worryingly high crime rates.
Police Minister Bheki Cele, who released the 2020/21 third quarter crime statistics on Friday, said regressions were recorded in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State and the Western Cape provinces.
These four provinces recorded an over 10 per cent increase in the crime of murder.
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“As the Police Ministry and police management, we have taken a decision to have operational oversight in the four provinces and monitor them closely. We expect a turnaround plan to be adopted, and executed urgently and effectively. We must all have sleepless nights over these crime numbers.
“We must exert ourselves in the quest to deliver our mandate as the SAPS, which is to protect and serve the people of this country,” said Cele.
Despite a marked rise in crime incidents in the last three months of 2020, Cele has urged law enforcement and the public at large to do more to protect citizens.
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