Police Oversight and Community Safety

Question by: 
Hon Mesuli Kama
Answered by: 
Hon Reagen Allen
Question Number: 
19
Question Body: 

(a) What is the number of mob justice incidents that have been recorded in the province in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date, (b) what is the breakdown of the areas in which they occurred and (c) what is his Department’s programmes to prevent mob justice?

Answer Body: 

19.    [a] [i]      235

               [ii]     207

               [iii]     141

               [iv]    180

               [v]     202

               [vi]    213

               [vii]   250

               [viii]   324

               [ix]    75 counts were committed from January to March 2022. The data from 1 April 2022 to date has not as yet been released by the Minister of Police.

 

         [b] The breakdown of the areas where incidents of mob justice occurred is as follows:

                  Note: Incidents are indicated per calendar year.

Stations

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Grand Total

Nyanga

52

32

16

36

23

18

22

13

4

216

Philippi East

17

14

27

26

26

34

27

26

9

206

Khayelitsha

32

29

21

11

19

17

17

19

1

166

Harare

18

15

11

14

20

18

23

19

4

142

 

Stations

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Grand Total

Mfuleni

11

11

19

12

10

9

15

39

8

134

Gugulethu

17

21

8

11

13

12

5

15

7

109

Kraaifontein

16

3

-

2

11

2

14

19

7

74

Delft

8

5

4

7

3

4

9

24

5

69

Lingelethu West

3

5

1

2

5

5

5

20

3

49

Mbekweni

6

3

3

8

2

5

7

7

4

45

Samora Machel

-

-

-

-

1

10

7

20

-

38

Lwandle

3

6

1

3

5

3

4

9

3

37

Stellenbosch

3

8

5

2

2

3

6

4

1

34

Grabouw

-

4

1

3

5

3

6

9

1

32

Milnerton

1

3

2

2

6

4

3

7

-

28

Langa

3

2

1

1

3

6

3

8

1

28

Philippi

1

2

1

5

5

1

-

5

3

23

Kwanonqaba

1

4

1

3

4

3

5

1

-

22

Lentegeur

4

3

1

-

2

3

4

2

-

19

Thembalethu

1

-

-

1

4

2

-

8

1

17

Hermanus

-

-

-

2

1

6

5

1

1

16

Atlantis

-

6

-

-

1

2

3

1

2

15

Table View

1

2

1

-

1

3

2

3

1

14

Worcester

-

2

2

3

2

-

3

1

1

14

Manenberg

1

-

-

2

-

2

4

3

1

13

Bishop Lavis

10

-

-

1

1

-

-

1

-

13

De Doorns

1

-

-

1

4

4

1

1

-

12

Malmesbury

1

-

2

1

-

1

6

-

1

12

Vredenburg

-

1

1

2

1

-

1

5

-

11

Knysna

-

1

1

1

2

2

3

1

-

11

Villiersdorp

-

-

1

1

1

1

-

5

1

10

Conville

-

1

-

-

5

1

2

1

-

10

Somerset West

-

2

-

-

2

4

1

-

-

9

Ocean View

-

6

-

-

-

1

-

2

-

9

 

Stations

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Grand Total

Mitchells Plain

2

2

-

1

1

1

1

1

-

9

Beaufort West

5

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

-

8

Kuilsrivier

2

5

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

Muizenberg

1

-

1

-

-

-

3

1

1

7

Parow

-

-

-

-

-

1

6

-

-

7

Durbanville

-

1

-

1

-

1

2

1

1

7

Saldanha

-

-

1

3

-

-

1

1

1

7

Paarl East

-

1

-

-

-

1

1

4

-

7

Wellington

-

-

-

-

-

3

2

1

-

6

Belhar

5

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

Klapmuts

1

-

-

2

-

1

2

-

-

6

Athlone

2

-

1

-

-

1

-

1

-

5

Plettenberg Bay

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

4

-

5

Grassy Park

1

-

-

3

-

1

-

-

-

5

Macassar

-

-

-

2

-

-

1

2

-

5

Hout Bay

-

2

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

4

Bellville

-

-

-

-

2

1

1

-

-

4

Robertson

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

-

1

4

Franschhoek

-

-

1

-

1

-

1

1

-

4

Ceres

1

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

3

Pacaltsdorp

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

3

Woodstock

-

-

1

-

1

1

-

-

-

3

Kwanokuthula

-

1

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

Bellville South

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

2

Heidelberg[C]

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

2

Oudtshoorn

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

2

Steenberg

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

2

Strand

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

2

Da Gamaskop

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

2

Caledon

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

2

Elsies River

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

George

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

2

Paarl

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

2

Bredasdorp

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

2

Philadelphia

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

2

 

Stations

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019 I

2020

2021

2022

Grand Total

Gans Bay

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

Tulbagh

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Ashton

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Cloetesville

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

Kleinvlei

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Kleinmond

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

Melkbosstrand

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Cape Town Central

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Dieprivier

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Goodwood

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

Hopefield

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Groot Brakrivier

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

Wynberg

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Prince Alfred Hamlet

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

Groot-Drakenstein

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

Lutzville

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

Ladismith

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Laaiplek

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Kensington

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

Grand Total

235

207

141

180

202

213

250

324

75

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THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY TO REPLY:

          [c]  In partnership with the City of Cape Town, the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan [LEAP] programme assists to prevent and address mob justice in high priority areas.

Date: 
Friday, June 24, 2022
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