killings of innocent lives, the harassment of law abiding citizens, and loss of property istotally not accepted at all levels and walks of our society.

The impact of reported and unreported incidents of crime continue to negate our newly founddemocracy with disastrous effects to our economy. Taking intq account the nearly 2 millionserious crimes reported last year including 18.938 murders and 66838 robberies. The highlevel of unemployment can no longer be associated or put as an excuse for high level ofcrime because of senseless killings which cannot be linked to poverty and wants. Armedrobbery, rape, murder hijacking, theft and house breaking has dramatically increased since1992, this has damaged the fabric of our society.

The government [Police, defence force] has tried its level best to combat crime, individualcitizens, sectors of the society business community, both electronic and print media hascontributed enormously towards the solutions, however the criminals at this point in timethink that they are a step ahead of all this efforts. Investor confidence has reached low levelswhich adversely

Reforms of the budget process over the past year have enhanced the cooperation between spheres of government in the Budget process and increased the involvement of national government departments and political office bearers of national and provincial governments. It also increased involvement of national and provincial legislatures and introduced greater transparency and openness to allow participation of all stakeholders and representatives of civil society.

The Constitution requires that nationally raised revenues be divided equitably between the three spheres of government. This sharing of funds, called the vertical division, takes account of various criteria in the Constitution. In general the funds are allocated so that each level of government is able to provide basic services and perform the functions assigned to it. The allocation also takes into account each sphere's ability to raise their own revenue to pay for these activities. Local government,

j) Has the legislation dealt with in section 215(2) of the Constitution been put into effect?

- Communities to proudly own and understand the campaign prior to its launch.[community driven].

Blacks are identified as major perpetrators of crime though narrow identification of certainincidence of crime which are conveniently ascribed to be committed by the black youth. 'Misapproach undermines white collar crime and those who supervise black youth to hijack cars,sell drugs. A deliberate plan by the intelligence not to crack down on these syndicates in thesame way as UDF activities and ANC cadres in exile were traced.

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