The Editor

The Times

Sir

Did the president in the first place make a mistake by introducing the Scorpions as a crime fighting unit? I am pretty sure it must have been a well planned and strategised thought before implementation. After all the Scorpions were an elite unit directly under the President’s wing.

The survey indicates that most South Africans are in favour of this unit which again confirms that South Africans are sick and tired of crime. Certainly the SAPS and all the existing law-enforcement agencies are unable to cope with the spiralling crime rate.

Come on. Is government deaf to the cries of the people? How many people will be slain by criminals before the authorities take the matter seriously? Viva to the "Million march" on crime.

Junaid Essop