HOW DO WE RESTORE POOR PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE IN THE JUSTICE AND POLICE SYSTEM?

Prof. Steven Friedman - Director of the Centre for the Study of DemocracyGuest: Lesley Dikeni – Social Commentator Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko and police commissioner Riah Phiyega in parliament to present crime statistics to the police committee. Dysfunction in police must be tackled urgently — crime affects people’s confidence and security, and adds to the cost of living and of doing business in the country. They tell a story of a police service that is largely losing the battle against crime in SA — with even the gains of earlier years being eroded quite rapidly since 2012. That is the year, perhaps not coincidentally, that the current commissioner Riah Phiyega was appointed.