Police Minister Fikile Mbalula feels that criminals in the country have far too many rights and if he has his way they will give up those rights. The Minister says people should lose their civil rights the moment in which they choose to engage in criminal activity.

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula feels that criminals in the country have far too many rights and if he has his way they will give up those rights. The Minister says people should lose their civil rights the moment in which they choose to engage in criminal activity.aw

Mbalula says that he understands that South Africa has a constitution and is not a banana republic but he says criminals should be “cut-down to size”.

Mbalula made these comments at a media briefing on Tuesday after his department tabled the latest crime statistics in Parliament earlier. Mbalula is no stranger to controversy and is seemingly unafraid to make borderline whacky statements such as when he said police officers should not be afraid to use their guns against criminals and should make criminals drink their own urine.

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Police Minister Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Bongani Shilubane

The Police Ministry revealed that while statistics show that contact crime in the country has dropped by 2.4% people still felt like the South African Police Service (SAPS) were not doing their jobs. Mbalula said this perception could only be changed by delivering better service to the public at police stations and by bringing stability into police management.

The SAPS has been without a permanent Police Commissioner since 2015 while the specialised crime investigation unit, the Hawks also don’t have a boss.

Mbalula said that his request to deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to assist the SAPS in crime hotspots has been received by President Zuma and is under consideration. He said the decision of whether to deploy or not would come directly from the president.

The Police Ministry plans to use SANDF troops led by members of the SAPS in tactical deployments to eliminate already identified criminal hotspots in the Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

SA news source: Briefly

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