Police detectives in South Africa forced to use personal resources and equipment to solve crimes

• Detectives at Olievenhoutbosch Police Station were forced to use their personal cellphones to follow up on ongoing investigations due to the station's inadequate digital and communication infrastructure.
• The police station lacks holding cells, has a non-functional generator, and only a handful of vehicles available to the detective team.
• Committee chair Ian Cameron has expressed frustration with the SAPS emergency number outage in the City of Cape Town, which he attributes to poor infrastructure at the Maitland call centre.