Police minister Bheki Cele admits that South Africa faces a big problem with policing.
Police minister Bheki Cele says that the South African Police Service can’t meet the country’s policing demands.
Cele’s response relates to SAPS’ annual report at the beginning of the year, in which it indicated that allocations will be reduced by R15.8 billion in 2022 and by a further R11.5 billion in 2023 as part of government’s cost-cutting measures after the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in deficits in revenues and economic growth.
Due to ongoing budget constraints, only 15,000 new police recruits can be trained over the next three years, which is not enough to make up for the police officers who will be exiting the service. A recent address to the National Council of Provinces by the SAPS highlighted the key issue: excluding admin staff, in 2010, there were approximately 150,000 police officers serving a population of 50 million in South Africa. Today, there are 140,000 officers serving a population of 60 million., deputy police minister Cassel Mathale told the NCOP that South Africa needs to “at least” get back to the 150,000 mark – but this is impossible on the current budget.
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