Government is hosting a Crime Summit from 1 to 2 December 2008 at Gallagher Estate in Midrand. The summit aims to help government improve service delivery and provides an opportunity for community representatives and stakeholders to express their views on the efforts that are made in the fight against crime.
The Crime Summit is premised on the intensification and expansion of work that government is already undertaking with various sectors of society, business and communities to prevent and combat crime, as encouraged in the National Crime Prevention Strategy. This strategy requires the mobilisation of broader responsibility and a more proactive approach on crime prevention.
There are several partnership initiatives directed towards the fight against crime, for example, Anti crime campaign designed to support and promote the mobilisation of all sectors and communities in partnership with government and law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime, the Anti Crime Leadership Forum, Business Against Crime, Act Against Crime Together, Take Charge, Bambanani, Primedia Crime Stop, Action for a Safer South Africa, Movement for Good, etc.
The purpose of the Crime Summit is to significantly improve government's (specifically the SAPS) service delivery in policing and crime prevention in the short and medium term by achieving the following critical outcomes:
* Strengthening and positioning the Private/Public Partnerships for delivery of tangible crime reduction initiatives in the short to medium term.
* Reviewing safety, security and other strategies and distilling a coordinated plan of action to significantly reduce crime in South Africa.
