KZN police commissioner summoned over poor state of policing
The acting National Police Commissioner is called to Parliament over unavailability of police vehicles‚ a lack of resources and other management issues
Parliament’s portfolio committee on police has summoned Acting National Police Commissioner Lesetja Mothiba to a meeting on Friday to respond to myriad challenges faced by police in KwaZulu-Natal. Mothiba was scheduled to meet with the committee at the Umlazi police station on Thursday but could not make it because of another engagement. He will now meet with the committee at the provincial police headquarters in Durban on Friday morning. Committee chairman Francois Beukman told the media during their visit to Umlazi on Thursday that committee members had flagged a number of issues during their week-long inspection of police stations that needed to be addressed by Mothiba. These include unavailability of police vehicles‚ a lack of resources and other police management issues. The notorious Glebelands Hostel, where more than 90 people have been killed — without a single person yet being arrested in connection with the deaths — will also come under the spotlight. Beukman said they wil...
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