Voorsitter, misdaad is buite beheer. Meer as
58 moorde word per dag gepleeg. Elke drie uur word a vrou vermoor. Een- honderd-en-veertien verkragtings vind per dag plaas.
English:
The ANC-led government is failing our most vulnerable - our women, our children, our rural and farming communities.
The crisis of gender-based violence is, as is the overall crisis of the high prevalence of violent crime in South Africa, due to the inaction of the ANC-led government.
As Dr Groenewald pointed out, it is a failure by the police, it is a failure by the judicial system, and it is a failure of the executive to enact plans.
Afrikaans:
Die agb President wil mooi prentjies oor geslagsgeweld teen vroue en kinders skilder, en wil vertel hoe die ANC omgee. Hy probeer the ANC se beeld poets deur met groot fanfare aan te kondig dat die R1,1 miljard nie genoeg is vir die stryd teen geslagsgeweld nie en dat dit na R1,6 miljard verhoog gaan word. Maar wat doen hy werklik? Waar is die dringendheid rondom die implimentering van al hierdie projekte?
Ek het gedurende die Vrouedag-debat in hierdie Huis gewaarsku dat ons moet waak daarteen om goedkoop politiekery van geslagsgeweld te maak. Ons moet dit ernstig opneem en optree. Dit kan nie net by 'n poster- en slagspreuk- veldtog bly nie.
English:
South Africa and the world were up in arms and preached reform after the murder on Uyinene. But, since then?
Where has the outrage gone? Where is the outrage when the bodies of an unknown mother and her two children were found in Soweto earlier this week? Where is the outrage when a woman woke up in hospital days after being knocked out by her boyfriend? Where is the outrage when a 15- year-old KwaZulu-Natal girl was allegedly burned and murdered by her boyfriend?
Mr President, Police Minister, where are you? The ANC-led government is failing the most vulnerable in our society. Here are a few of the latest crime statistics with regard to children: murder, up by 3%; sexual offences, up by 3,8%; and attempted murder, up by 11,8%.
Then, let's get to our farming communities. And I say farming communities because it is long past being the worry and problem of only our farmers. All livelihoods - yours and mine - that depend on agriculture to sustain them are at risk.
In August of this year there were 45 reported farm attacks and four murders. In September there were 46
attacks and seven murders. In October there were 28 attacks and three murders. And so the list carries on.
Over the past decade, farm attacks and murders have increased by 60%. The brutality associated with these murders and attacks distinguishes them from normal criminality. During farm murders and attacks women are brutality deformed, burned with irons, raped and assaulted. The brutality is inhumane and cannot be ignored, but the ANC-led government tells us these are normal crimes and should not be prioritised. The ANC-led government is failing our most vulnerable.
Afrikaans:
Maar die VF Plus kla nie net nie. Ons bied werklike oplossings. As die ANC- regering maar net vir ons wil luister.
Die Landelike Veiligheidsplan wat aangekondig is mt eenvoudig werk. Daar moet genoegsame mannekrag aangestel word, en die geld moet reg spandeer word, en nie in verkeerde prioriteite of bedrog wegraak nie. Verder moet die Minister verseker dat die toepaslike departemente -
soos die agb kollega van die IVP genoem het - saam werk en saamsnoer.
Maar, dit stop nie net daar nie. Landelike polisiestasies moet bemagtig word om geweld te bekamp en misdaad te voorkom. Hulle moet nie, soos in sekere gevalle in die Vrystaat, agt uur in die aand toemaak en vir die mense s hulle is bang vir die skelms nie.
English:
I mean, I ask you! Police members ...
Afrikaans:
... bang vir die skelms!
English:
I conclude.
Afrikaans:
My kollega van die IVP het dit gister baie mooi gestel.
English:
We need to stop having another steering committee and another plan. We need to start doing and implementing the plans we have. Chairperson, the time is now. We need to stand up! Thank you.
Afrikaans: