Chairperson, hon Deputy Minister, I don't know if they mentioned in my question the origin or the municipality that I am referring to. However, I am specifically talking about the Baviaans municipality in question (1) and (2) where too many cases, in spite of the screening process, are dropping off the table between the police, the magistrates and the prosecutors. We find that the magistrate is blaming somebody else. They are all shifting the blame instead of, as the hon Deputy Minister said, them working on an outcome basis and trying very hard to get through the poor case preparation.
However, when we were in the Sekhukhune District Municipality in Limpopo we came across the very same problem with regard to stock theft, where people said they go and lay charges because their animals are stolen. And some offences happen over the weekend, the police come and arrest people, and somehow there would be no charges laid against the criminals. The next day the same criminals are roaming the streets again.
So, in Afrikaans sou ons s, die pap val op die grond. [In Afrikaans we would say, we have dropped the ball.]
We need to address this because the people are really desperate and they actually want to take the law into their own hands. Thank you.