Johnathan Paoli
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa and said that aside from the urgent need for policing devolution, the spike in gender-based violence (GBV) and child kidnapping and murder across the country as a whole required urgent attention and a more specialised approach.
In a letter written as a Member of Parliament on Saturday, Steenhuisen condemned what he called the lack of action on the part of the government to address the spiraling crime rate in South Africa, despite numerous pleas from communities across the country.
This follows the recent shooting incident that took place in Pienaar Street in the Helenvale suburb of Gqeberha last week, which left two wounded and three dead, including a three-year-old boy.
The leader of the opposition said that in the Nelson Mandela bay, DA public representatives have written twice to Police Minister Bheki Cele requesting the
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