Business Against Crime South Africa - BACSA

About Us

Vision

One of Government’s primary strategic partners in leveraging a substantial and sustainable reduction in crime, to enable a safe and secure South Africa.

Mission

To support government to rapidly and substantially reduce the levels of crime in South Africa through:
• Gaining a deep level of understanding of crime in the country and contributing towards government’s overarching strategic objectives & priorities;
• Deploying and transferring appropriate business skills to facilitate the enduring enhancement of structures, organization, systems and processes in the relevant Government departments;
•Assisting government to implement a carefully defined portfolio of projects that measurably improve the Criminal Justice System (CJS) performance and institutionalize best practices;
• Transfer of appropriate business and process skills relating to governance, management and leadership;
•Mobilizing businesses to enhance practices to prevent and combat crime.

Mandate

BACSA’s existence is dependent on the continued commitment and support of the business community and government. It focuses on:
• Partnering with government, when invited, by helping build capacity through sharing business expertise, information, processes and technologies; and
• Getting business’ own house in order by improving crime prevention processes, systems and measures.

BACSA is committed to:
• Leveraging the skills and resources within business and mobilising anti-crime initiatives in defined areas of need;
• Being a catalyst for change and a vehicle for improvement – providing tangible value and meaningful impact to the fight against crime; and
• Achieving meaningful and sustainable improvement in the national anti-crime effort, resulting in a safe environment for all.