Over the next three years the province will fund an additional 1,000 metro police to be deployed to crime hot spots across Cape Town 🔒
Western Cape finance MEC David Maynier has done what looked impossible in this year’s constrained spending environment. He found an extra R1.1bn in the budget to put more police on the ground.
Over the next three years the province will fund an additional 1,000 metro police to be deployed to crime hot spots across Cape Town. The project is a joint one with the City of Cape Town, which, unlike the province, is able to recruit and deploy law enforcement officers.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.
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