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TimesLIVE reports that national police commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole has admitted that corruption in the country’s police force gives him sleepless nights as it “tarnishes the image of the organisation”.
Speaking on eNCA radio on Tuesday, Sitole said corrupt officers were among his biggest headaches. “You can’t find crime with a dirty organisation,” he pointed out. Sitole said a response was in place and a clean-up operation had been launched. “As long as corruption continues, there will be more heads to roll. But I am convinced that even the most dirty house, if you keep cleaning it up, it ends up being clean one day. We are not cleaning the police service for ourselves. We’re cleaning it for a new generation that will come and lead. We’re also doing it for their community so they regain confidence,” he stated. Sitole was also asked whether he felt he was winning the war against crime, particularly in light of recently released crime statistics which showed an increase in many areas. “The national crime combatting strategy we adopted has provision for stabilisation and normalisation. In all the areas, or hotspots, identified for stabilisation, I think we managed to stabilise crime. We now need to go further and extend normalisation,” he indicated.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Matthew Savides at TimesLIVE
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