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TimesLIVE reports that the SA Policing Union (Sapu) has called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire national police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola over his “inability” to fight high levels of crime.
The call came after the latest statistics showed a spike in serious crime, with 6,289 people killed from January to March, a 3.4% increase compared to the same period in 2022. The union has repeatedly called for the re-establishment of specialised units, saying a focused approach was needed to target serious and violent crimes. “It was agreed upon during 2020 … that specialised units will be re-established. In the current tenure of Masemola, we made this call and further proposals on the re-establishment. Unfortunately, he does not want to listen, yet he is failing,” said Sapu national spokesperson LesibaThobakgale. He described the release of the crime stats as a publicity stunt, saying no action was taken afterwards. Noting that “everything we propose falls on deaf ears”, the union called for Masemola to “fall on his sword”, adding that he had failed in all aspects of his job, as hundreds of functioning members on the ground had lost confidence in him.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sakhiseni Nxumalo at BusinessLive
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