South Africa: Cape Town Blames Systemic Failures as Violence Persists - South African News Briefs - April 28, 2026

The City of Cape Town has denied allegations that it is unable to curb crime, attributing the issue to the failures of the criminal justice system, reports SABC News. The city has allocated a record-breaking R 6.8 billion to its Safety and Security Directorate for the fiscal year 2026/27. Despite the deployment of the National Defence Force, violence continues on the Cape Flats. Safety and Security MMC JP Smith has said that, "despite the whole of society interventions that the municipality is making and is currently busy ramping up, we have a special task team that is just looking at that intervention."