11 November 2025
The promised implementation of body-worn cameras (BWC) for South African Police Service (SAPS) officers has not yet been realised more than six months after its projected rollout.
According to SAPS, the rollout of BWC for officers is following a new, extended timeline aligned with the 2025/26–2027/28 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF), far beyond the promised rollout date of April 2025.
Suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, in a written response to a Parliamentary question by DA MP Mzamo Billy in February this year, said BWC would be rolled out to police by April. Mchunu had noted only 100 devices would form part of a pilot project initially.
With the deadline now lapsed by seven months, police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk told IOL that SAPS “remains committed to implementing the Body-Worn Camera (BWC) project”, but that the procurement project for the devices was now only entering its contracting phase.
Body-worn cameras are small recording devices typically attached to an officer’s uniform, designed to capture both video footage and audio during police operations and interactions with the public.
Source: iol
