Thank you, Chairperson. Mr President, it is vital that we professionalise and train our police. However, the police to population ratio is an indicator of just how off-track we are at the moment. In South Africa the 2018 national ratio was almost half of the minimum acceptable level according to the United Nations, UN. Unsurprisingly, these police stations with the highest police populated ratios also have some of the highest crime statistics in our country. In your gender-based violence debate you promised to allocate R1,1 billion nationally to tackle gender- based violence.
The Western Cape government has allocated R1 billion to just one province. The police don't have the capacity to fight crime. Do you honestly expect that R1 billion will be adequate for the nine provinces? Mr President, have you also given each of your Ministers a specific target in this regard and will you measure to ensure that these targets are met? If they are not met, Mr President, will you hold them accountable? Thank you, Chairperson.