In what has been hailed a “groundbreaking judgment”, the Western Cape equality court has ruled that poverty constitutes grounds for unfair discrimination.
The Western Cape government conceded to the demand and initiated the O’Regan-Pikoli commission of inquiry in 2012. But legal challenges lodged by the ministry of police, from the high court all the way to the Constitutional Court, delayed the work of the commission. The SJC told the equality court that the THRR model, used to allocate resources to all police stations, indirectly amounted to unfair discrimination on the basis of race and poverty.
Looking specifically into policing areas in the Western Cape, Redpath found that the “most resourced was 2 636 per 100 000 in the policing area Table Bay Harbour and least resourced area 111 per 100 000 in Harare.”
This is great, DA has been saying for years the national gov has abuses the poor with withholding police resources in the WC! Hopefully NOW these people will get the help they need! Vote DA!
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