Rise Mzansi says a shortage of detectives in South Africa should be a cause of concern for all citizens.Mchunu says these figures exclude the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation commonly known as the Hawks.
The police minister says countrywide SAPS is operating with much less than the required 31,000 detectives. The provinces with the highest vacancy rates are KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western and Eastern Cape, where each province has a vacancy rate of more than one thousand detectives. Gauteng has fewer vacancies.
Security expert, Johan Burger says these figures have improved compared to the 40% decline in the number of detectives presented previously. However, Burger added that serious and violent crimes such as murder and aggravated robbery increased by almost 54% over the last decade. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.