Polls 'should not distract us from fighting crime'.

Byline: Luphert Chilwane

Polls 'should not distract us from fighting crime' ELECTIONEERING must not divert attention from crime, South African Human Rights Commission chairman Jody Kollapen cautioned yesterday.

The concern is that as we run up to an election we may see that falling off the agenda, Kollapen said in Johannesburg.

I think we would be failing our duty as leaders in not highlighting that the sustainable and long-term approach in dealing with criminality is through fixing up the deep damage that exists within our society, within our families, within our communities, in practical ways. Kollapen was speaking at the launch of a book by Action …