VOL.3 - #13
JUNe 10, 2016
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“NO MORE RIVERS IN MY HOUSE!”
GOGO Nomgqibelo Bareng could not hold back her tears when she finally received a brand new house of her own. The 83-yearold said she had been living in fear of her house collapsing from 30 years of flooding. However, all that become a thing of the past when she was given a new house in Basothong section of Thokoza, City of Ekurhuleni. On Tuesday, June 2, Executive mayor Mondli Gungubele, said the project was close to his heart. “The condition these families were living in was unacceptable. It really moved me. “We thank everyone who contributed their time and skills to make this possible.”
SAPS RECRUITS FORMER MEMBERS! THE South African Police Service (SAPS) is currently recruiting former officers back into the service. In a statement issued on Tuesday, SAPS said the re-enlistment process will be done in the 2016/17 financial year. Former SAPS members will be appointed to the ranks of constable to colonel, depending on the rank they held when they left the service.
SAPS employment records.
Phahlane said this re-enlistment process will not replace or affect the normal recruitment and training process. “It goes without saying that we are looking to re-employ the best-ofthe-best, former employees who have a lot to offer in terms of past experience, skills integrity and commitment. “Only applications on the prescribed forms, received during the periods specified in the advertisements on the SAPS website, from candidates meeting the set criteria will be considered.”
“Former members who left the SAPS due to retirement, were dishonourably discharged or dismissed, left pending the finalisation of disciplinary and/or criminal proceedings or left due to ill-health retirement or medical boarding, will not be considered for re-enlistment,” said Phahlane.
Former members applying for reenlistment will be subjected to a thorough screening process, which will include, but not be restricted to: psychological assessment; fingerprinting; reference-checking; medical testing and checking of previous
Only those former members who have good attendance and disciplinary records need apply. The applicant should also have successfully completed basic police training and relevant functional police training courses, among other requirements.
The SAPS has already placed advertisements regarding this process in South African Sunday newspapers (City Press etc). The information is posted on the SAPS website www.saps.gov.za under the “Careers” heading when the advertisements are published. During the previous re-enlistment process in the 2015/16 financial year, SAPS received 3 152 applications but only 529 of the applicants met the prescribed criteria. – SAnews.gov.za