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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The South African Police Service (SAPS) spends over R1 billion a year on the salaries of brigadiers and major generals.<\/p>\n

These two ranks in the SAPS are the two layers of senior management before getting to Lieutenant Generals and the General, who serve as deputy and national commissioners.<\/p>\n

According to a written parliamentary response to DA MP and former Major General Ockert Terblanche, there are currently 632 brigadiers and 146 major generals on the SAPS\u2019 payroll.<\/p>\n

Together, these officers account for R1 billion a year in salaries, with the annual salary averaging R1.49 million for major generals and R1.24 million for brigadiers.The SAPS noted that a total of 183,163 employees are accountable to these members, including 149,417 SAPS members and 33,746 public service members.<\/p>\n

The DA, meanwhile, noted that the average salary for detectives, who are tasked with investigating and solving the most violent of crimes in South Africa, is R481,000 per year.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike almost every other government department, the number of millionaire managers far exceeds their operational needs \u2013 no example is clearer than the SAPS,\u201d said DA MP Andrew Whitfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa needs (fewer) Generals and Brigadiers at Head Office and more boots on the ground. This will enable SAPS to spend more of its budget on core service delivery divisions such as detective services.\u201dWorrying crime levels<\/p>\n

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South Africa faces increasing levels of violent crime, with the police service stretched thin and struggling to deal with it or being targeted themselves.<\/p>\n

The service is also struggling to draw new recruits to meet the demand for more visible and active policing to match the country\u2019s growing population.<\/p>\n

This past week, the SAPS announced that it has more than quadrupled the danger pay of its elite task force members from R4,000 to R21,000 in an effort to prevent them from leaving for private security companies.<\/p>\n

Criminal law expert Ian Allis noted that crime is escalating in South Africa, but the amount of funding allocated to the police and the quality of training are declining simultaneously.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder these circumstances, it\u2019s an obvious move for these specially trained members to look for greener pastures, where there is less work for more pay instead of less pay for more work in the police force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As more sophisticated crimes increase in South Africa\u2014such as cash-in-transit heists in Gauteng\u2014the criminals are often better armed than the police, and officers have to put their lives on the line with little incentives and support from the government, he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. The South African Police Service (SAPS) spends over R1 billion a year on the salaries of brigadiers and major generals. These two ranks in the SAPS are the two layers of senior management before getting to Lieutenant Generals and the General, who serve as deputy and national commissioners. 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