Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Police Inefficiency in Khayelitsha and a Breakdown in Relations between the Community and the Poli…
In Khayelitsha, a large township in Cape Town, residents complained that the police were not protecting them. Criminals were getting away with things. This commission, set up by the Western Cape Premier, investigated why.
Created under
Constitution Section 206(5)
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Outcome
Report released · 25 August 2014
Found serious inefficiency in SAPS allocation and detective capacity in Khayelitsha. SAPS initially contested the Premier's authority; the Constitutional Court affirmed it in 2014.
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