About 200 police reservists have handed over a memorandum of grievances to the office of the President at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
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They want full time employment. Reservist Jeffrey Mohlala described the working conditions as difficult. He says permanent members of the SAPS have got psychologist who are counseling them but no one organizes that for the reservists.

“We have sacrificed for our country but the SAPS does not acknowledge that. When there are posts they don’t employ the majority of the reservists,” he added.

Spokesperson for the Minister of Police Zweli Mnisi says not every reservist can expect to be permanently employed.

He says being a reservist is about volunteerism to assist the police in the fight against crime. “This does not mean that once you are a reservist you will automatically come into the SAPS. If you want to become a police officer the is a process where by you have to go to college. So its unfortunate that they resorted to a march in order to communicate this. But from our side we have always been clear the process has always been transparent. And we believe in goodwill we try and accommodate all those who qualify but it cannot be a mass recruitment it should be based on each persons assessment.”