Deputy Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that crime in South Africa is one of the factors breaking down the economic growth of our country;
2) further notes that the incidence of malicious damage to property per 100 000 of the population is 250,7; burglary at residential premises was 495,5; motor vehicle and motorcycle theft was 129 in 2007, which has a direct influence on the economy;
3) acknowledges that according to economists Erik Alda and Jose Cuesta in the Journal of International Development, the estimated cost of crime in South Africa amounted to US$22,1 billion, which equalled R164 billion in 2007; and
4) debates crime and how it influences poverty in South Africa.