Just as you took leading roles in the struggle against apartheid, so too you should be at the forefront of helping to deliver a better life to all our people. Amongst other things you are well placed to assist in building capacity within communities for effective delivery of a better life. This better life is not only about delivering jobs, houses, education and health services. It is also about eliminating anything which threatens our hard-won gains. It is about making South Africa a safe place to live in.
Crime is a menace that disturbs any country.
It hampers our efforts to build a society in which everyone's rights are respected. While even one person feels insecure in our land, we will not rest. When we speak of crime we are also referring to the corruption which is undermining our efforts to build a better life. What is most distressing is that of those who plunder public resources for their own benefit include former fighters for freedom as well as those from the former apartheid machinery. Overcoming crime and corruption and our other problems in the field of education, unemployment and poverty, requires every person to become part of the solution instead of simply being a spectator.