Cape TownSome South African detectives carry 600 to 800 case dockets each, the Auditor-General found.
Only 37% of 114,378 contact-crime cases in 8 districts reached court.
Police spent their full R15.5-billion detective budget yet met 63% of targets, and 1,227 of 3,294 detectives have five years’ service or less.
The Auditor-General urges rebalanced workloads, while Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia promises a multi-year turnaround without quick fixes.
How each outlet framed it
- Daily Maverick
- maps detective workload imbalance (600-800 dockets) and institutional knowledge loss despite full budget
Sources: Daily Maverick