EFF and DA call for resignation of Ramaphosa and Cele following the rise in crime stats. Image via Facebook
CRIME STATS: EFF, DA call for Ramaphosa and Cele to step down
Following the increase in the crime statistics, the EFF and DA are calling for Bheki Cele and Cyril Ramaphosa to step down
EFF and DA call for resignation of Ramaphosa and Cele following the rise in crime stats. Image via Facebook
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) have commented on the crime statistics for the third quarter (Q3) of the 2022/2023 financial year.
The police ministry held a media briefing on Friday,17 February. They announced the increase in crime rates for the period of October to December 2022.
CRIME RATE INCREASE
The statistics showed that 7555 murders were recorded in Q3, an increase of 696 murders (10.1%) compared to the previous year.
Attempted murder cases increased to 7016, an increase of 1371 (24.3%) and 15 545 sexual offences were recorded in the quarter, which is an increase of 1357 cases.
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The most common causative factor for murder was arguments, misunderstandings, vigilantism/mob justice. The police also pointed to gang-related killings with 272 gang murders taking place in the Western Cape.
EFF CALLS FOR THE RESIGNATION OF RAMAPHOSA
Replying to the statistics, EFF said that it is disappointed.
“We have become a criminal society and crime is enabled implicitly by the State. while the inequality and the failure of the post-1994 neo-apartheid regime to create economic opportunities for the vast majority of our people are surely to blame, one major contributor to this chaos is the capture of the South African Police Service itself by rogue criminal elements from the top to the bottom.”
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The party further said that police minister Bheki Cele does not have the intellectual depth required to think through crime-fighting strategies and called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step down.
DA SAYS CELE MUST BE FIRED
DA called for Ramaphosa to fire Cele and appoint a capable Minister and devolve policing powers to capable provincial and local governments to get the job done.
“These crime statistics illustrate the complete failure of the management of the South African Police Service to strengthen crime intelligence and improve visible policing to prevent crime.”
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