Police Oversight and Community Safety

The reply of the South African Police Service (SAPS):

3.      (a)   (i)   The cost to refurbish a police station varies from one police station to another. The condition and the size of police station will determine the cost. It will therefore not be advisable to indicate the cost without knowing the work packages of the police stations.

             (ii)  The cost of building a new police station varies from one station to another. Factors like the size of the new station, the suitability of the site, i.e topography or slope and the availability of infrastructure services play a role in the cost.

         (b)   The determinants that influence the decision to refurbish an old police station or to build a new station, is the informed structural condition and utilisation of the station. The building of a newly established is informed by resolution of the community stakeholder interaction which is due to the crime rate of the area concerned, the growth of the community as well the proximity of the police station.

         (c)   The Province’s top 10 for the capital works priorities for the 2024 – 2028 financial years are:

               1) Klapmuts                                                  6) Kraaifontein North

               2) Kwanokuthula                                         7)         Du Noon

               3) Kwanonqaba                                          8) Zwelethemba

               4) Vrygrond                                                  9) Khayelitsha

               5) Bonteheuwel                                           10) Vredenburg