Police Reform – 1994
1994
Intermediate Implementation 
A major step towards reform and the de-politicization of the police force took place in 1994 when “a group of the most senior officers in the South African police were last night sent on indefinite leave after having been accused of acting to sabotage the country’s progress to democracy. They are accused of supervising a unit which distributed arms to the Inkatha Freedom Party.”1 After the 1994 election, the new government changed the name of the national police force to the South African Police Service, and appointed new police leadership, which included a National Commissioner appointed directly by the President.