Bheki Cele’s failure by the numbers: Police Annual Reports 2022
7 October 2022
The release of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS), DNA Board and Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Annual Reports for 2022 paints a grim picture of South Africa’s crime status and police minister, Bheki Cele’s inability to curb crime in the country.
South African’s live in fear on a daily basis and justifiably so with the report revealing that the police service lost 5946 SAPS members, including 972 detective officials over the last year. The loss in manpower is very evident with the increases of crime compared with the 2020/21 annual report:
5300 more murders (26.6%)
6626 more sexual offences (14.2%)