MEC Albert Fritz meets Minister Bheki Cele to address various policing needs and priorities
21 June 2019
The MEC for Community Safety in the Western Cape, Adv. Albert Fritz met with the National Minister of Police, Mr Bheki Cele on Tuesday, 18 June 2019 as part of the process to address the various policing needs and priorities within the Western Cape which gave rise to the declaration of an intergovernmental dispute by the Premier of the Western Cape, Mr Alan Winde.
The meeting was conducted in a cordial spirit of collaboration and cooperation. Both Minister Cele and MEC Fritz agreed that the task of building safer communities requires immediate and priority attention.
Minister Cele gave the assurance that the resourcing of police stations in the Western Cape is being addressed with no fewer than 1000 new police recruits, out of the 5000 currently receiving training at the SAPS Academy, that will be deployed in the Western Cape immediately after they have completed their training.
They also agreed that the complexities surrounding the equitable distribution of police resources, will be best addressed via a negotiated process aligned with the determination of a remedy to address the ruling of the Equality Court last year in the matter SJC and Another vs. the Minister of Police and Another.