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BNC#9: Ian Cameron - "Fire, fire, fire more": A five-point plan to fix SAPS, and how long it will take

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Half of South Africa's police stations don't answer their own phones. There's a DNA backlog running past 300,000 cases, sitting behind rapists who are still walking free. And SAPS spends R102-billion a year on salaries for a leadership structure of 722 generals and brigadiers. Ian Cameron, chair of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, lays out exactly where SAPS is broken, names the generals he says accountability keeps missing, and sets out five foundations he believes could turn it around, if anyone on the inside actually wants to.

13 Aug 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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