NATIONAL NEWS - The Democratic Alliance (DA) will lead a march from Manenberg Police Station to the station in Nyanga, in Cape Town, on Thursday, calling on the government to deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support the police in crime-ridden communities in the province.
The DA posted a statement on its social platforms Wednesday morning: “The police are under-resourced, under-trained & unable to protect us. Nationally, the police to person ratio is one police officer to every 369 residents. In the Western Cape, it’s worse: one to 560. In Nyanga, it’s worse: one to 628. If the SAPS can’t protect us send the army now.
“In 2016/17, Nyanga police station logged the highest number of murders, sexual offences, assaults, car-jackings and attempted sexual offences in the entire country.”
The ANC, however, said sending the army to crime hotspots in the Western Cape would endanger the lives of ordinary residents.
