Join us, SAPS pleads with non-blacks

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Durban - Once a magnet for school-leavers looking for job security, the SAPS is now being shunned by white, Indian and coloured youth, prompting police bosses to ask minorities to join.

And, with mostly black recruits taking up the junior ranks, it is also on the verge of falling foul of its employment equity targets.

To counter this, the SAPS has made a special plea to non-black matriculants and other job seekers to join the force.

Two factors, however – Monday’s deadline for applications, and the requirement that a candidate speak two languages – could thwart its efforts.

A media statement issued by the SAPS in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday urged last-minute applications from white, Indian and coloured communities.

“We are not receiving sufficient applications from white, Indian and coloured race groups. It is our intention to promote representivity through the filling of these posts,” police spokesman, Major Thulani Zwane, said.

He said the hiring of those from minority groups would ensure the SAPS was able to meet its obligation in terms of Employment Equity Act (EEA) guidelines.

Today is the last day for applicants of all races between 18 and 30. There are vacancies for trainees (entry-level constables) at units, stations and at the provincial office.

Applicants must be able to meet a host of requirements including being able to speak two official languages and have a Grade 12 or equivalent qualification.

The recruitment drive comes in the midst of the SAPS being sullied in recent years, by allegations of political interference in appointments, corruption, fraud and officers being involved in criminal incidents such as murder, robbery and theft.

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[marine1]

Shunned? Because as a white person you can't get anywhere in the police. No promotions and no acceptance as a new recruit in the first place . Thanks to AA
I am specifically speaking about whites. For the apologists that will no doubt be here to rant and rave

 

[Pitbull]

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And to think, when I left school 1998 I actually applied as I wanted to become a Policeman. I was too white then and now I'm educated and won't leave my cosy job to work 12 hours shifts Btw, too old anyway. You lost the Plot, now live with it.

 

[HideInLight]

Two factors, however – Monday’s deadline for applications, and the requirement that a candidate speak two languages – could thwart its efforts.

I don't know what's more insulting, speaking two languages seen as a high requirement or the fact that they want tokens.

 

[ponder]

Zero prospect of promotion as we've already seen.

 

[marine1]

Zero prospect of promotion as we've already seen.

Yup and this is not hearsay its fact I know a lot of guys that left or are still there and cannot get promotions due to their colour.
This has also been in the press, its not fairy tales.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

I've never seen an Indian policeman before. I thought I did once but it turned out that he's coloured.

 

[Fudzy]

This is the other side of employment equity, not enough whites in the blue collar/lower ranks.

 

[Fudzy]

I've never seen an Indian policeman before. I thought I did once but it turned out that he's coloured.

You've never been to Durban?

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

You've never been to Durban?

Never stepped foot in KZN before

 

[Vox Populi Vox Dei]

Yup and this is not hearsay its fact I know a lot of guys that left or are still there and cannot get promotions due to their colour.
This has also been in the press, its not fairy tales.

Indeed. Essentially vindicated by the Constitutional Court in 2014 IIRC.

 

[porchrat]

White coloured and Indian people simply don't see a future for themselves in the SAPS any longer. It is no mystery whose fault that is.

 

[Mila]

Nothing wrong with starting at the bottom, the problem is though that you have no chance for promotion and any future other than a boetebessie.

You created the monster. Enjoy it.

 

[Fudzy]

Well it won't be very long until the higher ranking white cops retire creating a vacuum in the bottom ranks.

 

[marine1]

Well it won't be very long until the higher ranking white cops retire creating a vacuum in the bottom ranks.

Already happened.
The problem in the police cannot be fixed. It will take a turnaround strategy which won't happen in terms of AA

 

[biometrics]

Write software sitting behind a desk in an air conditioned office getting paid well or work long hours, sit in a van, get shot at, paid peanuts etc.

Mmm let me think about it.

 

[porchrat]

Write software sitting behind a desk in an air conditioned office getting paid well or work long hours, sit in a van, get shot at, paid peanuts etc.

Mmm let me think about it.

You forgot that you also have a career path with the software writing while your odds of getting promoted in SAPS, even if you excel for years on end, are pretty much zero.

 

[marine1]

Some people have a calling to serve others. Some are just #÷×!@# guess it's a calling and in the end the only ones that will suffer and the saps and the citizens as we lose out on skills

 

[biometrics]

Some people have a calling to serve others. Some are just #÷×!@# guess it's a calling and in the end the only ones that will suffer and the saps and the citizens as we lose out on skills

A calling, really?! Someone like gdiza, yes I agree. A cop in SA, no.

 

[marine1]

A calling, really?! Someone like gdiza, yes I agree. A cop in SA, no.

Yes a calling I wrote it in English.
Clearly you don't know any cops that love or loved the work they did.