Compliance with the police watchdog
A reply to a parliamentary question has also revealed that only 10% of Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) recommendations were adhered to by the Police. The police watchdog made 1,212 recommendations to the SAPS last year and there was no response to 90% of these recommendations. Last year, the compliance rate stood at 58.1%, which means that we have witnessed a marked worsening of an already bad situation. The DA submitted a Private Member's Legislative Proposal in June of this year, which sought to empower this body and give it ‘teeth', but so far all we have seen from the Ministry of Police is stalling efforts. Now we can see quite clearly that this administration has very little interest in ensuring proper police oversight.
