Dan Plato

‘We are in danger if we report gangsters’, say residents

Western Cape Minister of Community Safety, Dan Plato, accompanied by the South African Police Service (SAPS), Law Enforcement and various community policing forum’s collectively took to the streets of Heideveld and Manenberg on Tuesday for a safety outreach program. The campaign aims to educate communities about the Prevention of Organised[…]

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‘HPark clerics must tackle crime from the pulpit’

Western Cape MEC for Community Safety Dan Plato has highlighted the role of religious leaders in combatting gangsterism from the pulpit. He was speaking to VOC after a meeting with members of the religious fraternity in Hanover Park over the weekend to discuss incessant gang violence. Plato recently joined the[…]

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‘New’ Drug and Gun units instated within SAPS

President Zuma announced the reinstatement of various disbanded units, specifically the Drug and gang units. It’s no secret that communities and organizations within the Western Cape are fighting a losing battle against crime in the Province. President Jacobs Zuma addressed various topics during his State of the Nation Address and[…]

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Plato condemns vigilantism in Masiphumelele

Western Cape Minister of Community Safety Dan Plato has condemned the most recent alleged vigilante attack in Masiphumelele. Khayelitsha, Masiphumelele and Dunoon have been marred by a spate of vigilante attacks in recent months. Masiphumele has also been the site of attacks against the police and over the weekend a[…]

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Plato calls for restraint from SAPS

South African Police Services (SAPS) officials must respect the constitutional right of students to protest and should act within the framework of the law when trying to contain protests from getting out of hand, according to Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato. Students across the country have been[…]

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85% of WC police stations undermanned: Plato

Police stations in areas worst affected by crime in the Western Cape have police-to-population ratios more than twice the national average of one officer for every 358 people, community safety MEC Dan Plato said on Thursday. Stations with the worst ratios include Harare (Khayelitsha) with 1:878; Nyanga (1:777); Delft (1:693);[…]

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Gang units vital to decrease crime: Plato

Crime is escalating in the Western Cape. That was according to provincial community safety MEC Dan Plato at a media briefing on Thursday, in response to the national crime statistics released by national police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko last week. However, when it was released the statistics were reported as being[…]

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Western Cape has a gun problem, says Plato

Mostly young men use a firearm to commit a crime in certain parts of the Western Cape, and only one in five are likely to be convicted. These were some of the findings of a study – conducted by the provincial community safety department – released on Sunday. Community Safety[…]

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MEC demands probe into ‘Pollsmoor’ FB page

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato is demanding feedback from the national correctional services minister on whether a Facebook page publishing photos, ostensibly taken inside Pollsmoor Prison, was authentic. “Our prisons [can’t] become party palaces for criminals where photoshoots and communication with the outside world are the order of[…]

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‘Blanket of hopelessness’ over Bredasdorp

Education and youth development were needed to offer positive alternatives for the Bredasdorp youth, community leaders insisted. This was shared with Community MEC Dan Plato when he visited the town days after releasing the results of a pilot study into the community, which he described as “profound”. Plato on Friday[…]

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