N Mthethwa: Answers to questions in National Assembly on race of police recruits (English)

Reply by Minister of Police N Mthethwa on questions posed in the National Assembly for written reply

3 Aug 2009

Question No 234

Ms D A Schäfer Democratic Alliance (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:

(a) What is the racial breakdown of new police recruits in each province in each of the past three years for which information is available and (b) how many persons from each racial group (i) applied for and (ii) were successfully recruited in each case?

Reply:

(a) The racial breakdown of new police recruits per province for 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 in terms of (i) applied and (ii) successfully recruited.

2006/2007 Breakdown per race and number
(Information regarding number of police trainees who applied is not available)

Province

AM

AF

WM

WF

CM

CF

IM

IF

TOTAL

Eastern Cape

Recruited

823

374

7

5

64

35

3

0

1 311

Free State

Recruited

527

152

2

5

3

0

1

0

690

Gauteng

Recruited

1 360

425

3

1

13

3

2

0

1 807

KwaZulu-Natal

Recruited

1 038

427

7

2

13

5

61

7

1 560

Limpopo

Recruited

717

296

0

1

2

0

0

0

1 016

Mpumalanga

Recruited

607

281

1

0

1

0

0

0

890

Northern Cape

Recruited

249

107

5

1

105

40

0

0

507

North West

Recruited

543

249

3

2

7

5

0

0

809

Western Cape

Recruited

367

123

19

7

514

198

2

0

1 230

2007/2008 Breakdown per race and gender

Province

AM

AF

WM

WF

CM

CF

IM

IF

TOTAL

Eastern Cape

Applied

1 245

643

2

0

25

6

45

2

724

Recruited

586

432

1

0

25

4

43

1

1 092

Free State

Applied

2 101

1 500

30

15

17

12

0

1

3 676

Recruited

261

278

4

1

3

2

0

0

549

Gauteng

Applied

8 968

6 986

19

14

11

22

4

7

16 031

Recruited

1 829

1 547

8

4

4

7

4

2

3 405

KwaZulu-Natal

Applied

1 256

888

6

0

25

9

55

7

2 246

Recruited

1 050

658

6

0

21

7

52

5

1 799

Limpopo

Applied

5 225

4 321

1

0

0

0

0

0

9 547

Recruited

537

338

1

0

0

0

0

0

876

Mpumalanga

Applied

4 521

2 202

2

0

17

4

0

0

6 746

Recruited

656

251

2

0

7

4

0

0

920

Northern Cape

Applied

2 154

1 394

1

2

605

447

0

0

4 603

Recruited

265

130

1

2

54

44

0

0

496

North West

Applied

3 641

2 051

2

0

17

4

0

0

5 715

Recruited

732

251

2

0

17

4

0

0

1 006

Western Cape

Applied

1 821

767

29

20

1 182

264

11

6

4 100

Recruited

429

222

7

4

344

211

0

0

1 217

2008/2009 breakdown per race and gender

Province

AM

AF

WM

WF

CM

CF

IM

IF

TOTAL

Eastern Cape

Applied

1 234

333

2

0

12

1

34

2

1 618

Recruited

622

236

2

0

11

0

31

1

903

Free State

Applied

5 210

2 750

11

8

42

39

0

0

8 060

Recruited

277

145

1

0

5

1

0

0

429

Gauteng

Applied

32 533

24 072

45

12

28

13

9

12

56 724

Recruited

2 982

1 100

19

19

6

3

0

2

4 131

KwaZulu-Natal

Applied

1 185

525

2

0

11

0

65

5

1 793

Recruited

1 170

417

2

0

11

0

56

5

1 661

Limpopo

Applied

4 865

5 526

0

0

2

0

0

0

10 393

Recruited

441

162

0

0

0

0

0

0

603

Mpumalanga

Applied

4 462

1 264

2

2

27

12

1

0

5 770

Recruited

376

152

1

1

3

1

0

0

534

Northern Cape

Applied

2 057

2 051

24

30

870

945

3

0

5 980

Recruited

251

99

5

1

91

51

0

0

498

North West

Applied

4 462

1 264

2

2

27

12

1

0

5 770

Recruited

276

141

0

1

4

0

0

0

422

Western Cape

Applied

1 342

736

45

27

698

484

3

0

3 335

Recruited

413

163

16

1

332

111

1

0

1 037

Issued by: South African Police Service
3 Aug 2009

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