Two SAPS trainee kicked out of the academy for being pregnant

Two police trainees were removed from the All Saints Police Academy in the Eastern Cape after it was discovered, midway through the programme, that they were pregnant.

Police have launched an internal probe to understand how recruiters did not pick up the pregnancies before enrolling the young women.

An investigation into the matter is being conducted. The Police, Prisons and Civil Rights Union (Popcru) in the Eastern Cape told News24 that it was against the termination of the women’s contracts.

The union’s Provincial Secretary Xolani Prusente said the trainees’ contracts have been suspended, and they have been removed from the campus. Popcru said the move is unfair and that the women should be allowed to complete their training after maternity.

The matter had been escalated to the national office. One of the women was seven months pregnant when she realised she was pregnant and gave birth prematurely. The other was four months pregnant when it was noticed.

According to SAPS, trainees are obligated to comply with the requirements for physical fitness as prescribed by the law.

Two women dismissed from the police academy in Eastern Cape after being discovered to be pregnant.

The women were found that they were impregnated midway through the programme.#MDNnews pic.twitter.com/i3v6LZfsOS

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