Nhlanhla Mabaso28 March 2025 | 11:59

MPs told that high number of officers leaving KZN SAPS affecting attempts to improve policing in province

Members of Parliament and the police management on Friday visited the Verulam and Durban Central police stations.

MPs told that high number of officers leaving KZN SAPS affecting attempts to improve policing in province

Picture: X/SAPS

DURBAN - Parliament’s portfolio committee on police heard that the high number of police officers leaving the service in KwaZulu-Natal had affected the bid to improve policing in the province.

The committee wrapped up its three-day oversight visit to the province on Friday.

Members of Parliament and the police management on Friday visited the Verulam and Durban Central police stations.

Members of the police portfolio committee braved the rainy Durban weather to conclude their oversight visit to KZN.

MPs started their day at the Verulam Police Station in the north of Durban.

It is one of the police stations in the province with old infrastructure dating back to the 1950s.

While in Verulam, the committee was also made aware of another issue affecting police in KZN. 

KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi: "On average in KZN, we lose almost a third of the number of personnel that we receive every year. So, as it stands, members that exited the province in total in the province is over 800."

This figure is half of the province's last police intake.

Mkhwanazi said that while some officers left the service due to medical reasons or to retire, the majority were dismissed due to disciplinary issues.