ANC and GOOD respond to Cameron and Smith's podcast

THE ANC and the GOOD Party have hit back at the recent comments made by the DA in a podcast where the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, tackled the scale of crime and devolution of policing powers.

- THEOLIN TEMBO

“The ANC single-handedly destroyed the South African Police Service. We should say it unapologetically,” said Cameron.

Cameron said that over the last few months, it seems that people are bearing a bigger burden of fear and “we're not in a good space”.

Smith said that the SAPS is in a very difficult situation, and despite the well-intentioned individuals making an effort to make it work, the “organisation as a whole is in a very difficult space”.

“The figures that the provincial government in the Western Cape got recently show that we've atrophied another 2 000 staff (members), so yes, we'll see the launch of 1000s of members in a parade somewhere, but in the background, during that same time, were losing 1500 (members).”