Analysis: How will a police strike impact SA?
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We know police provide a essential service to communities affected by crime and gang violence. Which is why reports of officers threatening to go on strike can not be taken lightly.
Now it is unclear whether the strike will or will not happen because The South African Police Service says that police stations across the country are operating normally. However The ministry of Community Safety in the Western Cape has issued a statement to voice concern about reports of high level absenteeism amongst police officers in the province
For a analysis on this is Dr Johan Burger, consultant at the Institute for Security Studies in the Justice and Violence programme
Now it is unclear whether the strike will or will not happen because The South African Police Service says that police stations across the country are operating normally. However The ministry of Community Safety in the Western Cape has issued a statement to voice concern about reports of high level absenteeism amongst police officers in the province
For a analysis on this is Dr Johan Burger, consultant at the Institute for Security Studies in the Justice and Violence programme