DA welcomes urgent Police Committee meeting over violent unrest, calls for full transparency from SAPS
15 July 2021
The DA welcomes the urgent meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Police scheduled for tomorrow following days of widespread violence and looting in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
We trust that the meeting will offer a detailed and transparent account of the state’s failure to anticipate and contain the insurgence of this organized unrest and civil disobedience which has cost South Africa billions of rands and resulted in the loss of life and property.
We are pleased that Parliament will be given a chance to examine the failure of the South African Police Services (SAPS) and Crime Intelligence to guard against threats to our Constitutional order, national stability, as well as failure to safeguard the safety and wellbeing of our people.
While the unprecedented civil unrest unfolded across South Africa, SAPS along with our crime intelligence units were caught sleeping at the wheel.