Auditor-General couldn’t verify 48% of SAPS responses to crime: DA

The South African Police Service annual report for the 2014/15 financial year has revealed that almost half of the reporting by SAPS members on their performance in responding to dispatch call-outs could not be properly verified‚ the Democratic Alliance says. DA spokesman on police Zakhele Mbhele said on Sunday this served as a further indication that the country’s crime statistics desperately needed to be independently scrutinised if they were to be accurate and enjoy the confidence of the Sou...