The Western Cape’s people deserve safety and justice. Yet despite being home to only a fraction of South Africa’s population, the province suffers some of the country’s worst violence — and nearly nine out of ten gang-related murders nationwide. This is not inevitable. It is the result of failed national control and the collapse of accountability.
CapeXit’s new policy proposal, No Mercy for Criminals – A Safer Cape for All, sets out how an independent Cape Republic can take back its streets through local control, modern policing, and fair but firm justice. It combines global lessons — from El Salvador’s success against gangs to New York’s “Broken Windows” community policing — adapted to Cape values of legality, transparency, and compassion.
The plan rests on three pillars:
Enforce – a professional Cape Police Service with rapid-response units, body-cams, and strict anti-gang measures;
Reform – fast-track courts, mandatory sentencing for serious crime, and a Victims’ Rights Charter ensuring restitution and dignity; and
Prevent – youth diversion, neighbourhood safety zones, and reinvestment of seized criminal assets into community upliftment.
A Ministry of Justice and Public Protection will coordinate these efforts under strong civilian oversight and open data reporting. Technology, intelligence, and ethics will work hand-in-hand to deliver results people can see and trust.
This policy is now open for public input. CapeXit invites every resident, expert, and community leader to share ideas, concerns, and improvements. Together, we can design a justice system that protects the innocent, deters the guilty, and restores hope.
🗳️ Have your say by November 17: https://forms.gle/EFA18TAcZ31fVRv38
📄 Read the full explainer (PDF) → https://capexit.org/wp-content/uploads/No-Mercy-for-Criminals-Draft-Policy-Paper-V.1.0.pdf
📽️ Watch the explainer video → https://youtu.be/gVNIU7we-Ko
Dr. Joan Swart has a PsyD Forensic Psychology, an MBA and a Masters in Military Studies. She is a director of CapeXit NPO.
As can be seen all over. Europe and UK, the influx of migrants has now become a huge problem. With the latest DA proposal of making Cape town totally black by providing more and more housing and other facilities at tax payers expense, encouraging greater influx…are we not heading the same way as Europe? What are they thinking ? I, like many others totally disagree with this madness.
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To call South Africa a banana republic would be putting mildly, the country has literally become a mafia state run by pseudo-politicians. The wealth of the Western Cape has been consistently siphoned off to support criminals and prop up failed provinces, enriching the steady steam of free-loaders. The government has failed almost completely in its contractual obligation to uphold the Constitution, a document that most do not realise is a legally binding on the government, sadly one that both the government and justice system merely pay lip-service to and make almost impossible for the average person to find restitution. Government malfeasance has robbed South Africa of its rich culture and down to the very fabric of society.
The people of this country are exhausted and have little energy left to fight the corruption, not seeing any positive outcome and growing in complacency (I believe to be clearly intended) and for all intent and purpose giving up on any optimism for the future, having to work harder every year for a failing Rand currency, all the while being forced to pay taxes to a corrupt and morally bankrupt system that serves itself above the people. Local government is now clawing more and more from their residents to fund what the bankrupt federal treasury is unable to support.
Unfortunately we are fast approaching a point of no return with no options outside of complete dissociation from the failed Republic of South Africa. Worse still is that too many people live under the illusion that the the DA is able pull the country out of this state, not only an impossible task but one that they are clearly in no position to achieve, clearly being part of the problem.
It is very obvious that the DA only look good because of how bad the ANC truly are – the bar is dismally low!
Ek ondersteun hierdie proses 100 persent.
You’ve distilled a complex topic into something very manageable.