Only 454 of South Africa's 1,025 police stations answer their phones
A recent Democratic Alliance (DA) audit found that only 454 of South Africa's 1,025 police stations answered their phones.
The audit methodology involved the party calling South African Police Service (SAPS) stations across...
South African emergency number tender blunder
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has revealed that a simple administrative error led to the failure to extend the validity of a long-running tender bidding process for a 10111 Integrated Management System.
The State Information Technology...
10111 emergency call centre crashes in Gqeberha after fire
Load-shedding, staff and vehicle shortages, and then a fire which gutted one of the computers: the police emergency call centre in Gqeberha has been plagued with problems.
On Thursday the 10111 line was still not operating after the...
10111 police emergency number broken: DA
The 10111 police emergency number is broken in the Western Cape, according to the DA – which has launched a campaign to fix it.
Who you gonna call?
19 Apr 2014
Rowan Philp
KWAZULU-NATAL’S middle-class residents are turning their backs on the police 10111 system, with at least 70% now calling community or security call centres first in emergencies.
Weekend Witness traced a dozen emergencies this month back to the...