SAPU CALLS ON PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA TO STOP THE ACTING MINISTER FROM DESTABILISING SAPS WITH HIS RESET AGENDA BEFORE ITS TOO LATE

September 7, 2026

As South Africa commemorates police officers who paid the ultimate price in service of our country, SAPU honors our fallen heroes and heroines. Their blood and sacrifice demand more than wreaths and speeches – they demand a stable, professional and properly led police service. It is against this background that SAPU expresses serious concerns about the conduct of the Acting Minister of Police and the proposed SAPS Reset Agenda.

30 MINUTES IS NOT CONSULTATION


SAPU rejects any attempt to reduce organized labour consultation to a 30-minute tick-box exercise on a matter that could fundamentally reshape the SAPS for years.

That is not meaningful consultation. It is an undermining of organized labour.

The Reset Agenda presented to SAPU raises more questions than answers, it appears ambitious without

providing sufficient clarity on implementation, timelines, resources and the implications for existing SAPS regulations, policies and employees’ rights. More fundamentally, why should an Acting Minister together with an Acting National Commissioner, drive a multi-year reset of SAPS while occupying temporary positions?


If there is certainty about their future appointments that organized labour and the public are unware of, that must be disclosed transparently. Otherwise, far-reaching restructuring of the SAPS cannot be rushed through under the banner of a “reset”.


NDPP: THE SILENCE MUST END

SAPU is equally concerned about the delay in providing clarity regarding the review of the matter involving National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola. Following serious questions that have emerged around IDAC processes, continued silence risks creating perceptions of political interference.


The NDPP must provide clarity. Justice must not only be done – it must be seen to be done.

PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA, INTERVENE NOW

SAPU calls upon President Cyril Ramaphosa to restore stability by bringing General Masemola back and reconsidering the continued tenure of the Acting Minister of Police. The police service cannot afford leadership uncertainty, internal instability and questionable restructuring while officers are being killed and communities are crying out for effective policing.


Mr. President, stop this confusion before it’s too late.

On this Commemoration Day, SAPU says: Honour the fallen. Protect those still serving. Respect organized labour. Restore stability in SAPS. South Africa cannot afford to lose its police service.


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