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SAPU CALLS UPON PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA TO DECLARE POLICE KILLINGS A NATIONAL DISASTER
Drickus Maartens • May 06, 2021
SAPU CALLS UPON PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA TO DECLARE POLICE KILLINGS A NATIONAL DISASTER
The South African Policing Union calls upon President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare police killings a national disaster.
SAPU is extremely unhappy that the issue of police killings in South Africa is not receiving the necessary attention it deserves. It seems as if police officers are treated as step-children of the state because when a police
officer is attacked it is business as usual and as if nothing has happened. SAPU is making this latest call after an off duty 38-year-old male police officer was killed in cold blood in Vrygrond in the Western Cape early on Sunday morning, 11 April 2021.
The continued killings of police officers in our country whether on or off duty reached an alarming rate a long time ago. SAPU has consistently condemned police killings, and there have been national summits and other plans to curb this scourge to no avail. SAPU is calling on the commander in chief to take police killings seriously and act with speed. After declaring police killings, a national disaster, SAPU would expect the state to initiate legislation and to declare police killings treason. It is clear that police officers have been left out on their own to dry. It is totally unacceptable that police officers are killed at this rate in our country and nothing concrete is done
to curb these senseless killings of police officers.
SAPU is also calling upon all law abiding citizens to come forward with information that will lead to the arrest and successful prosecution of police killers. The tragic and brutal killings of police officers in this country deserve the same attention as the Covid-19 pandemic and gender based violence. Police killings is also a pandemic that the whole population should be concerned about. The justice system should show no mercy to police killers.
SAPU would like to send its heartfelt condolences to the family of the slain cop. SAPU shares the family’s pain; this is not only a loss to the family but a national loss, as this
patriotic son of our land served his country until the very end. SAPU is pledging not to rest until his killers are brought to book.
2023
SAPU WELCOMES CRIME STATISTICS AS A CHALLENGE TO ALL OF US
SAPU WELCOMES THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE LAUNCH OF BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
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SAPU IS CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT TO FIRE MASEMOLA
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SAPU IS CALLING FOR THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SPECIALISED UNITS IN SAPS
South African Policing Union (SAPU) in the Eastern Cape has noted with grave concern the increase in mass murders taking place in our province. This weekend several people were killed at a private birthday party in Nomjila Street, Kwazakhele. This is the third incident of mass killings in the last two weeks. SAPU calls for the establishment of specialised units, specifically Murder and Robbery units which must focus on the mass killings which leave many families stricken with grief. These families have a right to have these killings speedily investigated and that the perpetrators are arrested and charged. Since 2020 South African Policing Union (SAPU) has called on the SAPS management to re-establish all specialized units which were closed in 2008. The closure of these units has hindered investigations and has demoralized dedicated and committed police officers. Murder and robbery as well as serious and violent crime units were among those units closed, thus the rise in those crimes. The recent establishment of police teams to deal with specific types of crimes has vindicated SAPU’s call for specialized units to be brought back. The implications of these high crime levels and the increases are enormous, and they need to be addressed, we can’t wait we need to do this now. Issued by: SAPU Eastern Cape Contact: Leon Naude Provincial Secretary
South African Policing Union (SAPU) in the Eastern Cape has noted with grave concern the increase in mass murders taking place in our province. This weekend several people were killed at a private birthday party in Nomjila Street, Kwazakhele. This is the third incident of mass killings in the last two weeks. SAPU calls for the establishment of specialised units, specifically Murder and Robbery units which must focus on the mass killings which leave many families stricken with grief. These families have a right to have these killings speedily investigated and that the perpetrators are arrested and charged. Since 2020 South African Policing Union (SAPU) has called on the SAPS management to re-establish all specialized units which were closed in 2008. The closure of these units has hindered investigations and has demoralized dedicated and committed police officers. Murder and robbery as well as serious and violent crime units were among those units closed, thus the rise in those crimes. The recent establishment of police teams to deal with specific types of crimes has vindicated SAPU’s call for specialized units to be brought back. The implications of these high crime levels and the increases are enormous, and they need to be addressed, we can’t wait we need to do this now. Issued by: SAPU Eastern Cape Contact: Leon Naude Provincial Secretary
The South African Policing Union in the Northern Cape is concerned about SAPS electing to collaborate with some but not all community members across all demographics in the Province to fight crime and social injustice.