SHIRLEY DE VILLIERS: South Africa’s cops in crisis
The news that 5-million dockets were closed due to a lack of leads is symptomatic of a police service in dire straits
09 May 2024 - 05:00
Five million. Or 5,428,631, to be exact. That’s how many police dockets were closed without being resolved over the past five years due to a lack of leads.
It’s a staggering statistic, rendered in response to a parliamentary question from the DA’s Ockert Terblanche and first reported by News24. As the DA’s Andrew Whitfield points out, “it means that almost 3,000 cases are closed daily by the SAPS [South African Police Service] without victims of crime ever receiving justice”...
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