Over 200 police stations in South Africa without holding cells
16 September 2022
Note to editors: Please find attached soundbite from Okkie Terblanche MP
A total of 202 police stations throughout the country do not have holding cells for criminals. This was revealed in Minister Bheki Cele’s response to a parliamentary question by the DA.
Most notably, the station in the ‘rape capital of South Africa’, Inanda in KZN, is one of these. A further 4 police stations on the top 30 list for most murders and contact crimes were also found to be without holding cells.
In a time where a war rages against women and children, 104 people are murdered and 70 people are raped every single day in this country, SAPS is not able to hold suspects in at least 200 of its stations.