At the “Atcion for a Safe Society” Convention in Midrand yesterday, businessman and former politician Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates that “It is time to organise the country's people for another struggle - this time against crime.”

According to IOL, Rhamphosa said that the country's democracy and constitution emerged from a struggle to overcome evil, one, that they did overcome.

“At the time, the country was united, its people determined to strive together to meet and overcome whatever challenge they might face.”

"We have not lost that capacity. But we are called upon now to rediscover that capacity as we turn our attention to tackling crime and to building a safe, peaceful and stable society.”

"We must recapture the spirit of determination that has allowed us to achieve so much already, so that we may work together to defeat this scourge. Despite our best efforts, people do not feel safe and so many have been victims of crime that everyone feels a victim.

Ramaphosa said the way to defeat violent crime was not to descend into fear, but to harness the determination of the country's people to overcome.

"It is time to organise our people for struggle once again. It is time to find one another's humanity and the common aspirations which will forge alliances between strangers and between unlikely allies.

"It is time to rediscover the leadership strengths amongst the ordinary people of our country and to ask them to stand up and be counted."

Ramaphosa said efforts to eradicate the legacy of apartheid were being undermined by violence and criminality.

"It undermines our ability to build a better life - for what is a better life if it is not safe?" he asked.

"We are working to build a united nation at peace with ourselves and the world,and we cannot allow criminal violence to divert us from our path."

Here, here Ramaphosa – wish the other members of the ANC felt the same way, and make a stand against crime!