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News24 reports that police in the Western Cape were on Monday able to render services without hindrance despite unprecedented levels of absenteeism, provincial management claimed.
Nevertheless, those who "stayed away" were urged to return to work to "prevent this continued action from impacting on service delivery in future", a spokesperson said. Police Minister Bheki Cele confirmed that at least 400 police officers were absent on Monday in the Western Cape and a further 120 in KwaZulu-Natal. Western Cape community safety MEC Alan Winde said his office was working on confirming reports that at Claremont police station, only one staff member came to work, while over 70% of officers reportedly failed to turn up at Philippi, Nyanga and Khayelitsha police stations. Union members last week threatened to protest over long-overdue promotions. Cele on Monday called on those participating to return to their posts as strikes involving essential services members were not legal. National police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo said while an unusual amount of officers called in sick on Monday, it could not yet be confirmed that that had been part of a mass stay-away as each individual application had to be considered on its own merits. Commanders have been advised to visit their ill members, and management would "look into it" if proof was found of sick leave being used as a tool to vent grievances.
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