News24 reports that that new interim-acting national police commissioner Lesetja Mothiba has announced that the SA Police Service (SAPS) has decided to send police officers to manage the emergency 10111 units where staff are on strike.  

Call centre workers threatened a national shutdown on Tuesday after the South African Policing Union (Sapu) said they had been underpaid for too long.  Mothiba made his first appearance in Parliament on Wednesday as police head, and said negotiations around sending police officers were at an advanced stage.  Sapu general secretary Oscar Skommere indicated on Tuesday that they were giving police 14 days to respond to their demands presented at a march in Pretoria.  The call centre agents act as the first port of call during an emergency situation for people seeking help or assistance from the police.

• Read this report by Paul Herman in full at News24

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