Recent reports reveal that police inefficiencies have caused 283 cases in the Western Cape to be removed from the court roll, leaving victims and their families in limbo. Out of these cases, 84 involved murder and 77 were related to genderbased violence (GBV). This grim situation calls for immediate action to ensure that the victims receive justice.
Inefficiencies in South African Police Forces Lead to an Alarming Number of Dismissed Cases
by Hannah Kriel
The Western Cape Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety (POCS) has recently reported that 283 cases across 33 courts and 82 South African Police Services (SAPS) stations in the province were dismissed due to police inefficiencies between October 2022 and March 2023. These cases belong to the second and third quarter reports of the POCS Court Watching Briefs (CWB) unit that monitored 153 cases in the third quarter and 130 cases in the fourth quarter.