A call on government to wake up to the reality of crime

The Democratic Alliance says the government needs to wake up to the reality and brutality of crime. The party wants to know how many more people have to be murdered, raped, assaulted, robbed and tortured before the ANC government will wake up to the enormity and the brutality of the problem. The DA’s call follows a report in yesterday’s media reports, according to which 52 people were being killed daily, one-thousand-566 a month and 18-thousand-793 annually in South Africa. According to DA safety and security spokesperson Roy Jankielsohn, the media reports incidents where South Africans have fallen victims to criminals, but the government has not acted to prevent such incidents.