Staff Reporter
The Democratic Alliance will lay a formal complaint against Western Cape police leaders after uncovering 164 criminal convictions linked to SAPS members in the province
In a statement released on Monday, DA NCOP member on security and justice Nicholas Gotsell said the party had uncovered “deeply troubling indications that SAPS Western Cape have allowed members convicted of criminal offences to remain in service for years without properly implementing Regulation 5(3)(dd) of the SAPS Discipline Regulations, 2016”.
“The DA will take immediate steps to investigate these failures that continue to hamper the credibility of the SAPS,” Gotsell said.
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According to the DA, internal SAPS correspondence and documentation point to “an urgent and highly confidential retrospective verification exercise” covering the period from 2016 to 2026. The party said the exercise was triggered only after it intensified parliamentary scrutiny
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