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BODYGUARDS

‘You are ordinary, even as a minister’

We should hold SA’s politicians to account and not just offer them our unthinking deference

  • Eusebius McKaiser
7 min read
Al Akhawayn University library. The university is located in Ifrane
BODYGUARDS

Ramaphosa to look into explosion of VIP protection costs

An IRR report alleges that the budget allocated to VIP Protection Services exploded from R353-million in 2008/2009 to R1.5-billion in 2018/2019.

  • Alex Mitchley
3 min read
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BODYGUARDS

In danger or not, all mayors may have bodyguards

Previously councils had to ask the South African Police Service for a threat and risk analysis before they were allowed to pay for mayoral bodyguards.

  • Phillip De Wet
2 min read
What we know is that women’s already abrogated land rights are made even worse by the land tenure disaster. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
ANC KWAZULU NATAL

Bodyguards ‘used as KZN hitmen’

As a wall of steel secures ANC top brass, the probe into political killings hears explosive allegations

  • Paddy Harper
5 min read
Superintendent Isaac Mahamba said the nine allegedly formed a contingent that used private vehicles illegally fitted with police blue lights
BLUE LIGHT COPS

Zuma’s bodyguards act with ‘impunity’

A reporter has laid a criminal charge against the president’s protection unit after several incidents of aggressive behaviour from the unit.

  • Sapa
2 min read
ANCYL denies Malema’s ‘white’ judiciary rant
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Taxpayers fork out R886 000 for Malema’s guards

ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema cost taxpayers more than R886 000 for police bodyguards, it emerged on Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Security firms make killing from World Cup
BODYGUARDS

Security firms make killing from World Cup

As the Soccer World Cup nears, tourists and foreign businessmen spooked by South Africa’s crime rate are hiring bodyguards.

  • Charlotte Plantive
3 min read