Well, the hon member looks like he has an interest on this matter coming from that province. Surely you would then follow that two or three weeks ago we stopped 14 cars before
they cross border. That is an intelligence work for the fact that we stopped them before they cross the border. [Applause.]
Having said that, there is one area where there is a lot of concentration and a focus of dealing with crime. I think this Minister has been there more than many times working with the community's imbizo. The Minister of Defence has been there working with the borderline but the cluster itself has been there dealing with the issues.
There is one area that we are highly concentrating on, as you say, it is a crime you call "fear crime" because some of those cars that cross the border are hijacked and I can imagine how painful it is. So, if you shut the market, there will be fewer cars stolen with the exception that December we discovered a complete new outlet of stolen cars at the harbour.
The cars are stolen new and then they are completely dismantled and shipped to Mauritius to be assembled - completely new. We have found that and we have shut it. I think it is another good job by the crime intelligence and the other state intelligences. We have arrested top guys that are running that.
We simply believe that if we shut the market down then the crime will go down. At the moment in some several townships we are running a programme called operation show us the receipt. If you have a TV you must show us the receipt and not tell us that you bought it from abafana [naughty boys].
So, those are things that we are trying to do to shut down the markets. We are very strict with the pawn shops when it comes to records. You need to show us the record of the stuff that you are selling - the records and the receipts and all those kinds of things.
So, we believe that if we shut down the market, the house robberies and burglaries and pick pocketing on the streets will go down. So, we agree and the crime intelligence is leading on those operations. Thanks.
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