OPINIONISTA: Municipal oversight bodies must be beefed up to protect against human rights abuses by police

in which the City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement officers pulled Bulelani Qolani out of his shack while he was naked on 1 July 2020 has caused national outrage. The Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Dan Plato, who has jurisdiction over the city’s law enforcement agency – although he has ordered an internal investigation – has come under criticism forof law enforcement officers implicated in violating the human rights of Qolani.

Section 80 of the Municipal Systems Act provides for the creation of Public Safety Committees, which comprises the Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for community services or safety and elected councillors from various political parties to oversee the functioning of municipal policing agencies, which include traffic police and emergency services in providing safety and emergency services.

Given the public concerns regarding the conduct of municipal policing agencies and the level of interaction with the public, it is critical that the municipalities that created agencies and are required to exercise oversight functions take their oversight role seriously.

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