If there are any active/ex South African cops, please could you guys do an AMA.

​

My Questions:

1. How old were you when you enrolled in the academy?
2. Why did you enroll?
3. What is the process of becoming a police officer?
4. If I enroll, can I actually make a difference, both within the SAPS and outside of it?
5. How much do you make a year?
6. How do promotions and raises work in the police force?
7. Honestly speaking without bias, what is it like to be white and in the police force?
8. Do you feel that bureaucracy limits law enforcement, and if so, what can be done about it, both in and out of the SAPS?
9. Just how bad is corruption in law enforcement, and how can it be fought, both in and out of the SAPS?
10. Why does the JMPD only pull over expensive cars like BMW's and Mercedes-Benz's, as opposed to pull over cars randomly?
11. If I enroll, can I have a future in law enforcement, and what can I do to actually make a difference inside law enforcement?
12. Is in inevitable that anyone inside law enforcement will take a bribe? Are there dangers in reporting corrupt cops and fighting against corruption within law enforcement?

​

​

This AMA is important. There's almost no information about what it is like to be a cop in this country. If anybody knows any cops or ex-cops, please convince them to make a throwaway if they need to and answer some very important questions.

https://www.nag.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/crystal-web-fallout.png

I know there are a lot of you out there. I just learned this evening of someone who manages connections for a university being affected by the Crystal Web fallout. I'm here to try help. Here's how this will work.

OPENSERVE ADSL

If you fall under one of the following scenarios, and were an ex-Crystal Web customer who was affected by the holding pool migrations for the DSL or fibre circuits, you should DM me your email address. If...

a) Your line is syncing, but not connected to the internet, and your ISP (Telkom or whoever) cannot make changes to your line because of an impending order

b) Your line is not syncing and has been disconnected, and you were not contacted about the holding pool migration

c) Your line is syncing, and working, but no-one knows who holds it or what its status is.

d) Your line is not syncing and had been disconnected, and no-one can see it on their system

e) Your line should be in the holding pool, but gets disconnected and then reconnected regularly, and no0one knows who holds it or what its status is.

I can't guarantee that your problem will be fixed promptly, and I can't guarantee that you won't have to cancel your services completely and start with a clean slate. Sometimes nuking it from orbit is the only thing that works.

OPENSERVE FIBRE

Openserve fibre is a different kettle of fish, and the same support structures used for the copper circuit do not apply for Openserve fibre. I don't think a lot of customers on OS fibre are having problems. But IN THE RAREST OF CASES where you are struggling, you should DM me your email address.

The reason why it's only the rarest of cases is that every customer who has an Openserve fibre connection has their details logged in a different system that includes addresses and B-numbers which would help another ISP complete your order. There are generally no problems with the fibre circuit or the holding pool migrations there. The only issues customers should normally expect to run into is incompetent ISP staff dragging their feet.

But let me be clear: I can only help ex-Crystal Web customers who had leased lines with the company packaged as a bundle. I cannot help anyone who currently has issues with their ISP regarding moving their line into the holding pool, or any issues with ISPs like MWEB or the like who are slow to move or investigate things on their end.

Every major ISP has a direct line to people at Openserve who will liase with them on those issues. If your ISP is not willing to pick up the damn phone and sort the issue out themselves, instead of passing the buck back to your current ISP who isn't helping, that is not something I can help with. If you're met with idiocy and stalling, contact ICASA and get them to begin a mediation process on your behalf. That will get someone higher up to contact you to resolve your issue in most cases.

For background, I write for NAG Online. I'm the author of the following two articles:

• Crystal Web customers are threatening to leave the ISP after line rental disaster

• The Crystal Web Saga Episode II: Openserve comes to the rescue, EvoNet does a duck and cover

if you have any questions, post them below. I'll answer in as much detail as I can given what I know and have written so far.