115 SAPS members linked to companies building SAPS offices
The Special Investigating Unit's (SIU) interim report for April-September 2011 has revealed that 115 members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) were directly linked to suppliers used by the police service for building contracts to the value of R50 million. This is a revelation of potential corruption on a massive scale.
Once again one must ask why the top brass seem to take no action to curb what seems like a never-ending tale of corruption in the SAPS.
The SIU's report confirms that members of the SAPS began building their own facilities as early as 2005 under the auspices of "own resources". Thirty-three stations were built without any clear legislative mandate for the SAPS to build their own stations.
This is yet another example of certain SAPS members thinking that they are above the law.
The report found that the SAPS failed to comply with the prescribed tender processes and that budgets were exceeded. Besides the 115 SAPS members directly linked to building suppliers, the SIU identified 215 possible conflicts of interest.