Special Task Force Unit members to be reinstated, says Cele - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports,

Northern Cape police spokesperson Dimakatso Mooi says they are waiting for forensic test results before they can make any arrests.The process is underway to reinstate members of the Special Task Force Unit who left, according to Police Minister Bheki Cele.

Some 58 members of the elite unit have joined private security companies. There’s concern about the exodus of members from the unit, which costs R1.1 million per member to train. Cele says this recruitment programme is part of the police’s plans to strengthen the fight against crime including the recalling detectives.

Cele has been briefing the media in Pretoria where he has been providing feedback on the police’s crime-fighting multi-disciplinary approach, operation Shanela in the past year.“Last week the national commissioner led a discussion that improved their conditions and remuneration in a very significant way. And everybody that is in there among those that are there, everybody going nowhere. Their conditions improved but also, they say they are here for the badge.

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