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City called out for 'testosterone driven size comparisons' with SAPS
Cape Argus
|November 03, 2025
THE City of Cape Town has been accused of using SAPS challenges as political ammunition and engaging in “testosterone-driven size comparisons” in its recent statement about SAPS deployments.
The criticism follows Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis’s comments that City policing resources “are increasingly overtaking SAPS with 560 more City policing vehicles now on the roads” compared to the SAPS, based on 2025 fleet data.
He touted how the City further added 1263 new officers to the streets since 2021 - a 48% growth in personnel - while the SAPS dropped by an estimated 1300 officers (15% decline) over the same period.
Hill-Lewis said the metro is urgently seeking more policing powers for City officers to help the SAPS fight crime, particularly crime investigation powers to build conviction-ready case dockets for gang, gun, and drug offences.
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