NCOP to discuss crime prevention strategies with KwaZulu-Natal police
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The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) is set to take a proactive step towards enhancing safety in KwaZulu-Natal through an engagement with the provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, on Monday, 4 August.
This high-level meeting aims to forge stronger cooperation between Parliament and the South African Police Service (SAPS).
A senior management team from the SAPS will also be in attendance.
The engagement will focus on identifying key areas of cooperation between Parliament and the police in the province.
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This encompasses legislative measures to improve policing and public safety, analyses of crime trends and the SAPS' provincial responses, fostering community-police relations and accountability, and developing oversight mechanisms that support rather than obstruct effective law enforcement.
The meeting was spearheaded by KwaZulu-Natal NCOP whip Mzamo Billy and is part of a larger stakeholder engagement programme. Billy will be accompanied by a provincial delegation.
This initiative aims to strengthen cooperative governance and bring provincial issues to the attention of Parliament.
'The NCOP has a constitutional duty to listen and to act to ensure that national legislation and resources respond directly to the needs of provinces,' said Billy.
Billy highlighted the SAPS as a crucial partner, particularly in a province like KZN, which grapples with significant crime and safety issues.
"The engagement also seeks to build a stronger link between legislative oversight and operational policing realities in the province," said the NCOP.
The SAPS recently released fourth quarter crime statistics for the 2024/2025 financial year (January 2025 to March 2025), which revealed over the three-month period, there were 5 727 murders in the country.
Of the total murders, 1,193 were reported in KwaZulu-Natal.
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