The Western Cape’s Law Enforcement Advancement Programme has been a success, writes the author. (Supplied/Western Cape government)
Given that policing is the sole mandate of the national government, and in the vacuum of competent leadership by disgraced Police Minister Bheki Cele, many provincial and local governments have taken proactive steps to address rampant crime in recent years, writes John Steenhuisen.
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