Police Minister Bheki Cele
National Commissioner of the SAPS; General Kehla Sitole;
National Head of DPCI Lt Gen/ Adv Godfrey Lebeya;
Deputy National Commissioners; Provincial Commissioners and Divisional Commissioners;
National Head of DPCI head Lt Gen Adv Godfrey Lebeya;
The Secretary Police, Mr Alvin Rapea;
The CEO of PSIRA, Mr Sam Chauke;
IPID Head Jennifer Ntlatseng;
Senior Officers; Heads of Entities;
All Heads of Department;
Members of the Media
A very good afternoon to you all.
Today, I officially released the Police recorded Crime Statistics for the 1st Quarter of this financial year 2021/2022. Standing high on this pedestal today reminds me of the same period last year; when I addressed the nation releasing the Crime Statistics of the 1st Quarter.
I can vividly remember the widely popped eyes of many journalists who stared at me in disbelief as I presented the Crime Statistics of a Crime free /holiday period of last year which coincided with lockdown level 5, level 4 and level 3 respectively.
Fellow South Africans the 1st Quarter of the 2020/21 financial year coincided with level 5 lockdown that kept almost everyone indoors and most businesses closed including taverns, liquor outlets, night clubs, sporting activities and places of entertainment which are generally attributors to causative factors of crime.