Western Cape govt mulling court action over control of SAPS in province
18 July 2019
The Western Cape government is considering court action against Police Minister Bheki Cele in its battle to get extra police officers for the province.
"We will meet the minister in court if not beforehand," said Premier Alan Winde in his State of the Province Address on Thursday.
He said the inter-governmental dispute over apparent inadequate police numbers was escalating, with letters from the province apparently not being replied to.
The national government's decision to send troops to support the police was just a "band-aid" and showed that the "police have lost the war on crime in the Western Cape", Winde said.