ANC instability spilling over becoming 'threat to ordinary South Africans' - Dr Jakkie Cilliers
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From the deadly destruction of the July riots to South Africa's horrendous crime statistics, including a recent spate of mass shootings, the criminal justice system is failing. In this broad-ranging interview with Dr Jakkie Cilliers, chairperson of the board at the Institute for Security Studies, he tells BizNews that reactionary "gesture policing" is proving futile. What is needed is a professional police service with a police minister who doesn't confuse his role with that of a national police commissioner. Additionally, South Africa needs a functioning crime intelligence division and state security agency free from the politicisation that has characterised it for too long. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
