SA has 1 300 less detectives to investigate crime since Cele became Minister - Cele must go!
11 July 2022
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbite by Andrew Whitfield MP.
While the Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, is telling concerned citizens and community organisations to “shut up”, policing in the country is collapsing.
For years, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has been understaffed, under-resourced, and under-trained. SAPS also had to bear the burden of Minister Cele’s political interference and perpetual infighting between the Minister and the former National Police Commissioner.
In an answer to a parliamentary question from the DA, Minister Cele admitted that since he became the Minister of Police the number of detectives has decreased by more than 1 300 while a reply to another parliamentary question revealed that 20% of the vehicles allocated to detectives were not operational as of 22 May 2022.