Home truths on crime in Cape
Socio-economic deprivation is contributing to high crime in the Western Cape, says community safety MEC Dan Plato. He said living conditions of Cape Town residents were a factor in rising crime."A lot more needs to happen, if we have the necessary financial resources available to do that. Houses get built, but [there are] not enough. Many, many more people cry for houses every day."The latest statistics showed that nearly half of the province's violent contact crimes - murder, attempted murder, assault and sexual offences - were concentrated in 10 police precincts: Mitchells Plain, Nyanga, Khayelitsha, Harare, Mfuleni, Kraaifontein, Gugulethu, Delft, Worcester and Bishop Lavis."The police are failing to provide the policing resources needed to confront the crime epidemic in these communities." ..
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