Law enforcement graduates want to be prioritised by the SAPS – SABC News [Video]

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There’s unfair discrimination against unemployed Law Enforcement Graduates in the South African Police Service (SAPS) recruitment process. This is according to disgruntled graduates in the law enforcement fraternity, frustrated by the prioritisation of matriculants when recruiting police constables in the SAPS.

The graduates marched to Tshwane House and the Union Buildings in Pretoria demanding to be prioritised in the SAPS recruitment process.

Overqualified to be recruited as police constables, and inexperienced to be recruited for positions they’ve graduated for – that’s the predicament facing many graduates in criminology, policing, forensic pathology among other professions within law enforcement agencies.

They’ve marched to Tshwane House and the Union Building to get the attention of the police minister and the Community Safety MMC in Tshwane.

“They worked very hard and attained their qualifications, and they should be hired for the work they went to varsity and colleges for, instead of prioritising matriculants,” says …