South Africa
IPID operational during lockdown─── 19:00 Wed, 25 Mar 2020
South Africa's police watchdog, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), on Wednesday announced that it would be operational during the country's 21-day lockdown.
"All the people of South Africa can rest assured that our services will not cease during this period. We have put a limited number of investigators on standby that will be rendering the services that fall within the IPID mandate in all the nine provinces," said IPID's acting national spokesperson Sontaga Seisa.
"Our provincial management is ready to ensure that our work continues," he said.
Provincial standby numbers are as follows:
Eastern Cape: 082 592 9888
Free State: 063 225 6081
Gauteng: 076 455 5718
Limpopo: 078 871 4811
KwaZulu-Natal: 079 895 2741 or 082 806 2468
Mpumalanga: 072 881 4196
Northern Cape: 064 624 8203
North West: 078 163 6874
Western Cape: 073 890 1269
African News Agency(ANA)
