# The South African Police Service has advertised 353 vacancies for former detectives on fixed-term contracts, reappointing them at their previous ranks. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the reappointment will ease the backlog and improve case resolution as detectives currently face 300 dockets each. Meanwhile, the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has welcomed the move, highlighting a one-thousand-rand allowance for reintegration, saying it will boost South Africa’s investigative capacity.
SAPS reopens 353 detective positions to tackle case backlog