The union highlighted the severe capacity constraints still facing the SAPS and correctional services.
Popcru general secretary, Jeffrey Dladla, has cautioned that despite the government’s renewed focus on recruiting new police officials, these numbers are still not enough to make a marked difference in the fight against crime.
However, Dladla noted that government must also consider the impacts of attrition, as the number of police officers leaving the service currently totals an average of 6 500 individuals per year.This means that the SAPS is only being expanded by 3 500 members per year to work across the 1 158 police stations across the country. Likewise, there are just 27 000 correctional service officials guarding the country’s prisons.
We are busy reviewing this salary structure to ensure that workers can get more money without having to become managers first. This will retain more members within the police service, who are productive and have skills, without being promoted to the managerial level. During his address, Cele noted that death benefits would be increased from R200 000 to R250 000 for police members at level 12, and increase to R275 000 for members from levels 11 to eight. Levels seven to one would receive an increase in the death grant to R300 000.
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