Overview
- Provincial legislators requested a comprehensive IPID briefing on the cases and the status of ongoing investigations.
- IPID’s 2024/25 data record 97 SAPS members accused of sexual violence nationwide, with 27 cases in Gauteng.
- The watchdog reports a backlog of more than 15,000 alleged police-criminality cases, hindering timely accountability.
- Visits to Fochville, Ivory Park, Sebokeng, Sharpeville and Mamelodi East found no station fully compliant with the Domestic Violence Act.
- Of 27 rape-by-officer cases reported for 2024/25, eight were referred to the NPA, while 158 SAPS members were convicted of serious crimes from 2020–2024, including 11 for rape by a police officer.