For the 2021/22 financial year, 425 candidates participated in the Learner Law Enforcement training programme, with a 90% success rate.

‘More generally, since the programme’s inception, more than 3 600 permanent worker positions have been filled by residents who have previously benefitted from the EPWP programme. This represents approximately 27% of new permanent workers appointed. We are doing what we can, wherever possible, to transfer skills to beneficiaries and provide them with a pathway to permanent employment,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management, Alderman Grant Twigg.

‘The City’s enforcement training programme is hands down the best in the country, with recruits completing comprehensive peace officer training, including curricula determined by the relevant SETAs, and regular refresher training throughout their careers. Over the last few years, we have taken up numerous challenges and policing priorities that were previously not deemed to be local government functions. Over time, the City has played an increasingly larger role in combating crime and a host of other challenges, like liquor enforcement and metal theft enforcement. Not only are we making a meaningful contribution to public safety, but also job creation,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member, Alderman JP Smith.