Police Oversight and Community Safety
Question by:
Hon Benedicta van Minnen
Answered by:
Hon Anroux Marais
Question Number:
14
Question Body:
- (a) How many members of the Anti-Gang Unit of the South African Police Service are currently deployed in the Western Cape, (b) of those members, how many (i) have previous criminal records, (ii) have pending criminal cases and (iii) are currently under internal disciplinary investigation, (c)(i) how many members of the Anti-Gang Unit deployed in the province have been criminally charged since the establishment of the unit, (ii) what was the nature of the offences in cases where members of the Anti-Gang Unit were charged with crimes, (iii) how many of them remain actively deployed in operational roles, (iv) how many of them have been suspended and (v) how many of them have been removed from the unit and (d) how many complaints regarding the conduct of members of the Anti-Gang Unit in the Western Cape have been investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate?
Answer Body:
(1) (a) 253
(b) (i) None
(ii) 24
(iii) 16
(c) (i) 35
(ii) Murder, Torture, Assault GBH, Assault Common, Fraud, Possession of Stolen Property and Defeating the Ends of Justice.
(iii) 21
(iv) 0
(v) 11 temporarily removed and 3 members dismissed.
(d) 62
Date:
Friday, April 17, 2026
