By Johnathan Paoli
The DA has intensified its campaign for transparency within the South African Police Service (SAPS), submitting a formal application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to compel SAPS and acting Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia, to release the long-delayed first quarter crime statistics.
According to DA spokesperson on police, Lisa Schickerling, the application follows weeks of unanswered correspondence and public appeals to the Ministry.
“Concealing crime data erodes public trust, weakens parliamentary oversight, and leaves communities in the dark at a time when violent crime continues to spiral out of control,” she said.
The DA said it had previously sent two written requests and issued two media statements urging the Acting Minister to release the data.
Yet, with only days left before the release of the second quarter statistics, the first quarter figures remain under wraps.
She emphasised that crime statistics were
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