BNC#5: Crime-fighter Ian Cameron on how criminals captured SAPS, but there is hope for the future

Here is the recording of crimefighting activist Ian Cameron’s keynote, the most powerful of all presentations at the fifth BizNews Conference. That’s saying something, given the impressive lineup. Cameron, who is at the NGO Action Society, uses official data and personal experience to detail how leadership at South Africa’s police service was hijacked by criminal elements, resulting in a mere 15% conviction rate for murder and 3% for reported rapes. He details how the law enforcement agency was systematically captured but concludes there is hope – highlighting early but significant successes achieved through often abrogated devolution of responsibility by provincial structures.

TIMESTAMPS.

00:00 Alec Hogg’s introduction of Ian Cameron
00:27 Ian Cameron on Action Society
01:15 On his confrontation with Bheki Cele
11:03 On Gayton McKenzie and Herman Mashaba’s BNC#5 presentations
12:49 On the case for the prosecution
13:22 An overview of SAPS over the last 20-25 years
15:33 On the millions of illicit firearms in circulation
16:11 On the SAPS having been hijacked by criminals
17:52 Overview of crime statistics in SA
23:47 Rape cases reported and GBV statistics in SA
25:48 Child murder statistics in SA
27:05 On overburdened detectives
27:48 On good cops who make good arrests have targets on their backs
28:45 On the loss of reservists
29:37 On the new DNA Act signed by the President
30:05 On George Fivaz
30:34 On Jackie Selebi
32:02 On Nhlanhla Mkwanazi
32:53 On Bheki Cele
33:47 On Riah Phiyega
34:58 On Khomotso Phahlane
36:02 On Khehla Sitole
36:52 On Fannie Masemola

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