******* cops

Obtaining a SAPS Clearance Certificate requires that one completes the documents and have fingerprints taken in one's local station, and of course, pay the R170 in cash. And then that station handles the application upline to head office in Pretoria. Right? Wrong. Not in Langebaan. No, you, the applicant have to get the file to Pretoria, and your certificate back when issued! " We're not the Post Office", says the local officer. But you can use a courier company, she says! For about R180 per application. Wow. But doesn't that sound like there's a deal in the background going on? Go figure it out. . . .