The party’s leader, Mmusi Maimane says about 26 000 people were killed last year alone. Maimane says President Cyril Ramaphosa needs to take decisive action to end crime in the country. He was speaking during the debate on the 2025/2026 Presidency Budget vote in Parliament.

“Mr President when you look at the trend line of crime 26 000 people were murdered last year. Were you to take their coffins and line them up. They would line up from your door in Hyde Park. All the way to the Union Buildings. As you drove that road every single day, Mr President you will realize that we are dealing with a serious problem of murder. Mr President, I speak to you not as one who's living in peaceful time. But one living in war time. You're living in a geopolitical terror force,” Maimane said.

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