Today our guest is Institute for Security Studies independent researcher David Bruce

• South Africa plans to overhaul its law-enforcement agencies in the face of criticism of its response to rampant crime and last year’s deadly riots that claimed 354 lives.
• During his state of the nation address last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said The police force will recruit an additional 12,000 officers, while leadership changes will be made in the security structures.
• He also said Special units will also be established to combat extortion at construction sites and the vandalizing of infrastructure.
• On average, more than 60 people are murdered each day in South Africa, and rampant criminality has been cited as a major deterrent to investment.
• The country has about 182,000 police officers, 18,000 less than it did in 2010, despite the size of the population having jumped by a fifth to 60 million.