LAW ENFORCEMENT: AmaPanyaza — peace officers or apartheid-era kitskonstabels on an uneasy legal footing?

2026-02-04 - 08:06

The declaration of Gauteng’s Crime Prevention Wardens (AmaPanyaza) as peace officers primarily makes them traffic wardens with very limited powers. The move fails to rectify their illegal establishment, political recruitment, lack of proper training, or inadequate command structure, creating a high risk that they will operate outside their legal boundaries.