Parly police committee praise improved policing at Inanda station

DURBAN - Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has praised what it described as improved policing from the Inanda police station, north of Durban.  

On Thursday, the committee visited the crime-riddled area to investigate the state of policing and rampant crime.  

Inanda has been named the country’s rape capital more than once and also has some of the highest number of murder cases in KwaZulu-Natal.  

Committee chairperson Ian Cameron said, “From a portfolio committee point of view, it must be acknowledged that something is being done right to turn the tide here and we can see that in some of the numbers. The fact that murder has decreased the way it has over the past few months is significant.”  

He also acknowledged the contributions of crime-fighting structures in the area.  

“Over the last few days when we visited different areas, there was in some spaces a clear divide between communities working against crime and the police. Today, it was a different story, and it was interesting because we could also hear more details and successes regarding the combating of extortion.”