Stop rot‚ rotate cops

In a bid to stamp out corruption in the police‚ the ANC wants law enforcement officers to be periodically rotated around the country.

Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Sunday in her report to the ANC’s National General Council on “peace and stability” that the party’s members had raised concerns about “the stagnation of police officers” ‚ causing problems in the investigation of cases.

“... this has led to a situation in which the police are not objective in the manner in which they conduct their investigation‚ so at times there is no guarantee that the police will be impartial in the manner in which [they] conduct investigations‚” said Mapisa-Nqakula.

The proposal is, however, expected to be met with resistance from police and police unions, which have called for "in-depth discussions on the nuts and bolts of the plans".

Police commanders, who agree that urgent action must be taken against corruption, said the decision needed to be thought through.