No clear plan to ease burden on detectives
There is no clear plan to beef up detective services that were already overburdened before the deployment of the army.
Poor policing
South Africa’s rape kit crisis
The shortage of rape kits at police stations around the country shows that the police are ill-equipped to combat violence against women.
Detective services in the Western Cape ‘dire’
A report by the Community Safety department in the Western Cape finds that detectives are under-resourced, lack training and that their work is not guided by intelligence.
Army deployment delayed by ‘orientation process and paperwork’
The deployment of the army in Cape Flats townships invokes the states of emergency of the 1980s. It’s a different time, a different war.
Cape Flats CPFs on army deployment – ‘It’s not the answer’
The call by the Western Cape government for the deployment of the SANDF in crime ridden areas of the City has received mixed reactions from Community Police Forums.
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