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Mail & Gaurdian: W Cape police face possible action over language policy

The FW de Klerk Foundation has threatened legal action against the Western Cape police's English-only language policy.

It said on Thursday if it hasn't received a formal response from provincial Commissioner Mzwandile Petros by Monday, it will seek a court order forcing him to bring his policy in line with national police requirements.

Paul Hoffman, director of the Centre for Constitutional Rights of the FW de Klerk Foundation, said the provincial police's decision that only English be used for all internal, including radio, communication is "unacceptable and unconstitutional".

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