Anti-crime projects to go national
Thabo Mokgola
27 February 2004
Successful anti-crime pilot projects set up by the government and Business Against Crime in parts of the country could soon be implemented more widely.
Representatives of Business Against Crime met Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings in Pretoria this week, where the two parties agreed that successful pilot projects such as the ones in Port Elizabeth and Soweto ought to be taken to other areas.
Business Against Crime chief executive Kenny Fihla outlined some of the successful projects, including the Integrated Justice System project in Port Elizabeth and the Tiisa Thuto schools project in Soweto.
"In the Integrated Justice System project," he said, "the case-adjudicating time has been significantly reduced from 362 days to just under 92."
The Tiisa Thuto project, he said, had seen acts of aggression among pupils come down by 72%, class attendance improve by 50% and the pass rate increase by over 78%.
Zuma said
that given the successes that the partnership was recording, it was clear there was a need for a national rollout of the programmes.
Business Against Crime is working in partnership with various government departments on eight pilot projects.
Source: BuaNews
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