Lennit Max loves to LIE..

The killing of children in the Western Cape was reaching crisis proportions, Community Safety MEC Lennit Max told mourners at the funeral of Nadine Jantjies, who was raped and murdered two weeks ago. (from IOL)

Max, Mayor Dan Plato and other community leaders attended the funeral at Hoofweg Primary School in Wesbank, where the family live.

Max said that of the 947 children who were killed in South Africa last year, 447 were from the Western Cape - more than any other province and nearly half the total.

"I would call that a crisis," said Max.

"When we experience murders of children like Nadine, who have been killed and raped, as well as others like her, we must say the Western Cape is in crisis, South Africa is in crisis and the community is in crisis.

"We have a chance, a moment of truth, to make a decision. We can either run or we can be victorious against this evil."

He said the government alone could not be held responsible for the situation, and communities also had to take a stand if they wanted to fight such crimes.

Cases where children were abused by people they knew, or in their own homes, as it is believed Nadine was, were difficult to police.

"This is not only a government responsibility. We need to stand together as a united force against gangsterism and drugs to ensure that our children stay safe.

The ONLY thing that can be said of the child murders is that it is overwhelmingly committed by people who know the children. I mean REALLY! You are at the funeral of a child and you are making a political speech and claiming that it was gangsterism and drugs responsible for Nadine's death? Talking tough about drugs is like viagra for politicians. Clearly it excites you and makes you hard. It is just sad that you would hijack the funeral of a child to LIE like this. The Premier was up to the same nonsense just the other day.

A 23-year-old Cape Town man was arrested for the kidnapping and murder of his ex-lover's three-year-old daughter, Western Cape police said on Sunday. "It was alleged by the mother that her ex-boyfriend fetched the child from a crèche on Thursday after she decided to end the relationship earlier in the day. The boyfriend then attempted to extort money (R500) from the mother," said police spokesperson Frederick van Wyk. (From News24) Another child death... Western Cape Community Safety MEC Lennit Max has urged parents and children to be vigilant.

"We depend on mothers and children who suspect people with ulterior motives to contact police immediately," Max said. Parents and communities should make use of the "safe house" concept. He said a house should be identified for children, so whenever they felt unsafe, they could run there for protection against "adults with ulterior motives".

Max reiterated that children had to be taught not to trust anyone, including relatives. Fuck me Lennit! The child was only 3!!!!!

Smoking cannabis is statisitically SAFER than growing up in the Western Cape in the reign of Lennit Max the 1st.