Overloaded detectives: Is justice delayed or denied?
The national numbers begin to answer the question of why so many South Africans struggle to access justice.
Access to justice begins at the police station, through the police officers who receive our complaints.
When the auditor-general, Tsakani Maluleke, tells us that some detectives carry workloads of between 600 and 800 dockets, how can we reasonably expect one detective to deliver justice under such pressure?
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