The South African Police Service SAPS is in the process of selecting successful candidates for 5,500 police trainee vacancies for the 2024/2025 financial year and more than 1-million people have applied.
Applications went online for the first time this year. Within 24 hours of opening the application window, more than 67,774 applications were submitted.
By the closing date on July 18, SAPS said of the more than one million applications received, 334,765 are graduates who hold qualifications in policing, law, forensic investigation and other fields of study.