The Ministry of Police has noted this morning’s Constitutional Court’s judgement that part of the national legislation that created the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), known as the Hawks and disbanded the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) known as the Scorpions, is constitutionally invalid.
The official position of the ministry is that we will study the judgement in its entirety, particularly as the judgement specifically referred to Chapter 6A of the South African Police Service Act. The Constitutional Court has suspended the findings for 18 months to allow government to rectify the legislation. We want to assure the public that we will adhere to this timeline.
The ministry will therefore not make any further pronouncements at this stage.
For enquiries, please contact:
Zweli Mnisi, Spokesperson to the Minister and Deputy Minister of Police
Cell: 082 045 4024
