Mbalula wants new police budget, better security at key points
7 June 2017
Cape Town - Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says the South African Police Service has not been utilising its budget optimally, and wants to conduct a budget analysis in the coming weeks.
Mbalula on Wednesday said he was happy with the way his department has spent its budget previously, but in some instances it has been allocated in the wrong places.
"We want an intelligence led-approach, but our budget does not reflect that," he told the portfolio committee on police.
"We need strategic teams to advise us [on] what we need to do to spend optimally. Society is demanding us to be smart in policing; what do we do, how do we respond..."