Graduates invited to join SAPS
The SAPS is opening its doors to high-school-level graduates and higher, to join the South African establishment's fight against crime.
THE South African Police Service (SAPS) is inviting graduates in possession of a National Qualification Framework (NQF) 6 or higher to join the fight against crime by joining the organisation as entry-level police trainees.
SAPS is heeding a call made by President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address (SONA).
In his address, the president announced that government would make resources available to recruit and train an additional 12 000 new police personnel to ensure that the SAPS urgently receives the capacity it needs to strengthen and reinforce crime-fighting initiatives at the grassroots level of policing.
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According to a statement released by the SAPS, successful applicants will perform operational duties and functions which include preventing, combating, and investigating crime, maintaining public order, protecting and securing all inhabitants of the Republic and their property as well as upholding and enforcing the law.
Colonel Athlenda Mathe of the SAPS said in the statement, “These applicants will be trained at any SAPS Academy in the country and will be placed at any police station in the country upon completion of the basic training, according to a needs analysis. It is important to note that applicants will be subjected to a vetting process which will include security screening, reference checking, and fingerprint verification.”
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While the closing date for applications is March 11, 2022, the SAPS cautions applicants against falling prey to job scams.
All SAPS vacancies are advertised on the SAPS official website, www.saps.gov.za/careers.
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