Crime Statistics

As usual, Ngakula our minister of safety and security has announced a reduction in most crimes. His main aim in life, it seems, is to reduce crime statistics. What is the easiest way to do this? Is it get the police to tackle crime? Is it to actually reduce incidents of crime? Of course not! It's to either manipulate the figures, prevent the release of the figures altogether, or to prevent people from reporting crimes. Guess which methods our wonderful minister has chosen? You guessed right - the African method, the easy way out, the solution for those who think that our country is incapable of doing anything properly. Unfortunately this pervading thought is turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy. Our minister doesn't seem to be thinking too much about the implications of his actions on the people, nost importantly the women and children who are most likely to be on the receiving and of the criminal behaviour he is indirectly promoting. He also doesn't seem to realise that he is the only one who can do anything about it. While he's dining in Sandton's most exclusive restaurants, the massive responsibility is resting on his shoulders, but he hasn't noticed. I watched on SABC while the presenter grilled him on crime, and he easily evaded every single questions, no answers as usual. And that questioning only by the state broadcaster - imagine how someone like Debra Patter would have laid into him. Its time for him to stop being an idiot, and start caring.