Under-resourced Gauteng SAPS Public Order Policing Unit only has one water cannon
4 November 2019
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is shocked to learn that the Gauteng SAPS Public Order Policing (POP) Unit only has one water canon to service the entire province
This was revealed to me by the Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko in a written reply to my questions tabled in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL).
According to MEC Mazibuko, POP has only one water cannon which is in the Johannesburg District.
It is worrying that Gauteng which is the most densely populated province has only one water cannon.