House Chairperson, Minister, Bonteheuwel is being served by a satellite police station. This is two police officers at a time for 85 000 people. The police station officially serving the community, Bishop Lavis, serves Bishop Lavis, Valhalla Park, Nooitgedacht, Montana, Charlesville, Kalksteenfontein, Netreg, Bonteheuwel and Freedom Farm. It is impossible for the police to
react to crime with the resources that they have there. The ones coming up with solutions are actually the local authorities, the metro police. Since the City of Cape Town has allocated 100 police officers in Bonteheuwel, crime has significantly decreased. But it is not their job to make sure that people are safe, it is the job of the SA Police Service, SAPS, which is a national function, a function of the ANC government.
Firstly, I would like you to acknowledge that other spheres of government can play a role in bringing down crime but my actual question is, when these communities will, and the DA has asked on various occasions on their behalf for police stations, when they will finally receive the police resources and their own police stations. Thank you.