WHILE South African Police Service officers are meant to protect the community, some people feel they are not doing enough.
ActionSA is one of the organisation that has come forward, calling on cops to get their act right.
On Thursday, 3 August 2023, party leader Herman Mashaba and nine of his provincial chairpersons will lead a march to the offices of Police Minister Bheki Cele in Tshwane.
ActionSA said they will present a memorandum which will detail the failures of the South African Police Service's stations across the country, and will give the minister three months to address these challenges.
“If he fails to do so, ActionSA will consider litigation to uphold the rights of all South Africans to live free from fear. The ever-worsening crime stats paint a grim picture of just how it is the criminals who operate without concern while law-abiding South Africans live in fear,” they said in a statement.
“This cannot be accepted in a country where a hard-fought for Constitution guarantees all South Africans safety of person and property.”
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They said police stations should make South Africans feel safe in their homes, streets and communities.
“Instead, they have become the site of policing failure in our country where non-functional vehicles rust, telephones are not answered and where South Africans are denied justice for crimes committed against them,” they said.
They said ActionSA recognises that many men and women in uniform work tirelessly, against all odds, in their duties to keep some of us safe.
“The failure of our police stations must be placed at the feet of SAPS leadership and the minister. A programme of events will take place in the days leading to the march in communities across the country so that the voices of South Africans are heard,” the party said.
