Pretoria News reports that Police Minister Bheki Cele on Monday appealed to doctors not to give fraudulent sick notes to disgruntled SA Police Service (SAPS) members.  

He was speaking to the media following a gathering of more than 1,500 police station heads and commanders from around the country.  The aim of the meeting had been to raise issues in a bid to avert a looming national police strike.  Cele said the concerns raised by the station commanders revolved around the preferential treatment in respect of specialist units.  “The biggest bone of contention was that some junior officers who were attached to special units jumped from being constables to warrant officers.  That’s a big jump, because you now find very junior guys having higher ranks than people who were there before them,” Cele indicated.  He added that despite assurances of promotions being processed, he was informed that members felt the process was taking too long.  It had thus been agreed to review the process with stakeholders and the people affected the most.  Once the review was completed, Cele said they would then be able to accurately give officers proper time frames, cost and feasibility.  In the interim, management would be conducting road shows across the country to explain how the promotions were going to proceed.

Read the full original of Goitsemang Tlhabye’s report on the above at Pretoria News

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