12/06/2026
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GAUTENG-BEGROTING VIR GEMEENSKAPSVEILIGHEID BIED NET LEË BELOFTES IN PLAAS VAN VEILIGHEID
Die VF Plus het met die debat oor die Gautengse departement van gemeenskapsveiligheid se begroting vir die 2026/27-boekjaar, gewaarsku dat verdere administratiewe uitbreiding, papierverslae en oorsigkomitees alleen nie misdaad in die provinsie gaan bekamp of gemeenskappe veiliger gaan laat voel nie.
Gauteng verkeer steeds in die greep van gewelddadige misdaad en wetteloosheid, wat ’n groeiende gevoel van onsekerheid onder inwoners veroorsaak.
Die VF Plus se standpunt is dat die provinsie se begroting daadwerklike veiligheid in mense se huise, skole, ondernemings en strate moet finansier, in stede daarvan om bloot planne op papier te wees.
Die party is veral bekommerd oor die departement se volgehoue swak prestasie en die totale gebrek aan aanspreeklikheid wanneer teikens nie bereik word nie.
Belastinggeld word tans vermors op burokrasie, terwyl daar ’n ernstige tekort is aan ondersteuning vir sigbare polisiëring en vinnige reaksievermoë.
Hierdie swak bestuur dwing te veel gemeenskappe om op private sekuriteit en vrywillige buurtwagte staat te maak omdat staatsinstellings heeltemal tekortskiet.
Die begroting moet dringend geherprioritiseer word. Belastinggeld moet eerder aangewend word vir meer sigbare polisiëring en beter patrolliedienste op grondvlak, moderne tegnologie, insluitend geïntegreerde geslotekring televisienetwerke, en intelligensiegedrewe misdaadbekamping.
’n Verdere groot leemte is dat die samewerking tussen die departement, polisie, metro-polisiedienste, munisipaliteite en gemeenskapspolisiëringsforums tans gefragmenteer en onvoldoende is.
Sonder ’n daadwerklike, geïntegreerde veiligheidstrategie sal misdaad bloot die oorhand behou.
Gauteng kan nie nóg ’n jaar van planne, verskonings en onhaalbare doelwitte bekostig nie. Inwoners verdien daadwerklike optrede teen misdaad, streng aanspreeklikheid vir amptenare se swak prestasie en die herstel van vertroue in die oppergesag van die reg.
Die VF Plus sal onverpoosd voortgaan om sy effektiewe waghondrol in die wetgewer te speel.
Die party sal volgehoue druk uitoefen vir praktiese oplossings, fiskale verantwoordbaarheid en meetbare resultate om Gauteng weer veilig te maak. - Jaco Mulder, VF Plus-LPW en provinsiale leier: Gauteng
📌Artikel: https://www.vfplus.org.za/af/mediaverklarings/gauteng-begroting-vir-gemeenskapsveiligheid-bied-net-lee-beloftes-in-plaas-van-veiligheid/
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GAUTENG BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFERS EMPTY PROMISES INSTEAD OF SAFETY
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) warned during the debate on the Gauteng Department of Community Safety’s budget for the 2026/27 financial year that administrative expansion, paperwork and oversight committees alone will not combat crime in the province or make communities feel safer.
Gauteng remains in the grip of violent crime and lawlessness, leaving residents with a growing sense of insecurity.
In the Freedom Front Plus’s view, the province’s budget should be more than a theory on paper, it should practically ensure safety and security in people’s homes, schools, businesses and streets through focused funding.
The party is particularly concerned about the Department’s persistent poor performance and the total lack of accountability when targets are not met.
Taxpayers’ money is currently wasted on bureaucracy, while there is a serious shortage of support for visible policing and rapid response capabilities.
This poor management forces too many communities to rely on private security companies and voluntary neighbourhood watches, because state institutions are falling far short.
The budget must be urgently reprioritised. Tax money should rather be used for improving visible policing and patrol services on the streets, modern technology such as integrated closed-circuit television networks, and intelligence-driven crime fighting mechanisms.
Another major shortcoming is that collaboration between the Department, the police, metro police services, municipalities and community policing forums is currently fragmented and inadequate.
Without a decisive, integrated security strategy, crime will simply continue to prevail.
Gauteng cannot afford another year of purely theoretical plans, excuses and unrealistic objectives. Residents deserve decisive action against crime and stringent accountability for officials’ poor performance to restore their trust in the rule of law.
The party will diligently keep fulfilling its watchdog role in the Legislature.
The Freedom Front Plus will also keep pressing for practical solutions, fiscal accountability and measurable results to make Gauteng safe again. - Jaco Mulder, VF Plus MPL and provincial leader: Gauteng
📌 Article: https://www.vfplus.org.za/media-releases/gauteng-budget-for-community-safety-offers-empty-promises-instead-of-safety/
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