SABC News reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) has received more than a million applications for its 2025/2026 Basic Police Development Learning Programme (BPDLP).

Applications closed at midnight on 18 July 2025 with a total of 1,049,998 applications received. A total of 595,049 applications were from female applicants, with 454 949 submitted by male applicants. Gauteng topped the list of the provinces with the most applications with 267,031, followed by KZN with 205,802. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said 334,765 of the applicants were in possession of a NQF 6 Diploma qualification or higher. “It is important that we note that first preference will be given to graduates in the Law and policing fields, Information Technology, Criminology, BSC graduates and then followed by graduates from other disciplines that are in possession of a driving license,” she indicated. Mathe added that they would also consider matriculants who have a Bachelor’s entry into university, as well as those with a driver’s license.

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