The police station, north of Johannesburg, was initially expected to take three years to build, but is still waiting for a water and electricity connection, as police officers share space with the Johannesburg Metro Police Department.<\/p>\n
Burglary, common assault and robbery accounted for more than a thousand cases in Diepsloot in 2014, while recent incidences of child rape has put the township on high alert.<\/p>\n
The double story police station has family quarters, prison cells, and several administrative offices and is half the size of a football pitch.<\/p>\n
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The public works department has blamed the contractor for not completing the building’s construction, years after it was due to be built. Construction first began as far back as 2008.<\/p>\n
The department cancelled the contract in 2011, and a year and a half later, in February 2013, a new contractor was appointed at a cost of R54 million.<\/p>\n
In August 2014, the department said that the station would opened, but as of July, it is still vacant.<\/p>\n
The Police Ministry is now being blamed by the department, who said that it wants to make design changes and add to the security of the building.<\/p>\n
The police station is now expected to be opened within the next two to three months.<\/p>\n
Diesploot police spokesperson, Warrant Officer Daniel Mavimbela, told Fourways Review<\/a>: \u201cPolice work is in the streets, and I will talk about the new police station as soon as we move in.”<\/p>\n Find the radio report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n SA police stations to get power generators<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on South Africa<\/h3>\n