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IOL reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) is planning to recruit 10,000 new recruits in the financial year starting in April 2022 to bolster the force.
This was revealed by Police Deputy Minister Cassel Mathale in Parliament on Wednesday. He said although there was limited capacity to accommodate the new recruits within the SAPS training facilities, there were discussions taking place with Defence Minister Thandi Modise on the possibility of utilising the soldier’s facilities. Mathale made the statement when he was responding to DA MP Andrew Whitfield, who had asked why the budget for the VIP police could not be slashed to ensure there were more police on the front line. Whitfield had noted that budget cuts had gutted the visible policing programme, which was about crime prevention, while the VIP budget had increased over the years. He had also indicated that the fixed SAPS personnel had decreased from 194,000 to 182,000, with at least 32,000 officers lost since 2016/17. His projection was that numbers would plummet to 163,000 in 2023/24. Mathale noted that the SAPS had been unable to take in a new intake in the 2020/21. He acknowledged that there was a shortage and that there was a need to increase the police personnel. “We are to face this problem face on and with the support from National Treasury we will be able to take an intake of 10 000 in the next financial year,” he promised.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Mayibongwe Maqhina at IOL
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