Police told to come up with plan to deal with spiking crime in KwaZulu-Natal
POLICE in KwaZulu-Natal have been given 20 working days to come up with plans on how to deal with crime in the province.Addressing South African Police Service (SAPS) management in Durban on Thursday‚ provincial community safety MEC Mxolisi Kaunda said township and rural areas bore the brunt of serious and violent crime‚ with a "dramatic and sustained" increase in murder and other crimes being reported in the Inanda‚ KwaMashu‚ Phoenix and Umlazi areas of Durban.Crime statistics released last week showed that murder‚ attempted murder‚ robbery with aggravating circumstances‚ car-jacking and residential robberies all increased from 2015 levels. KwaZulu-Natal has also been in the grip of what appeared to be political assassinations linked to August’s local government polls."The question is: what are the tangible plans we have to reduce these alarming levels of crimes and the perceived laxity [of police]? This situation needs urgent and radical attention. We need to account to our people...
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