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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Politicians and their sexual escapades from affairs to sexual misconduct

The finance minister is not the first politician to get into hot water over claims of sexual misconduct

Western Cape head of community safety Albert Fritz was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Democratic Alliance gives Albert Fritz a day to talk the party out of suspending him

The Western Cape head of community safety was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct.

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. (David Harrison/M&G)

Winde does not rule out criminal charges against suspended Western Cape MEC Fritz

An independent legal counsel will investigate allegations made against the Democratic Alliance’s Fritz, and criminal charges are not out of the question

Western Cape head of community safety Albert Fritz was fired by an ‘extremely angry’ premier for serious sexual misconduct. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Fritz scandal casts another shadow over DA in the Western Cape

Good party sees political advantage after the suspension of a ‘low-profile’ figure in local government

Police Minister Bheki Cele. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Report arrests Cele’s claims of Western Cape having most policing resources in South Africa

According to the annual report, there is a shortage of 548 detectives in the province, and one detective deals with between 40 and 60 cases

High-risk areas are concentrated in townships and informal settlements, including Khayelitsha, Crossroads, Philippi and Gugulethu.

Triple murder in Khayelitsha investigated by police

Three young women have been shot dead execution-style in one of Cape Town’s gang-riddled communities

A province riddled with violent crime and gangsterism has a new sheriff after Police Minister Bheki Cele approved the appointment of Thembisile Patekile as police commissioner in the Western Cape.

New Western Cape police commissioner to sort out old problems

The province gets a permanent police commissioner to fight crime and violence during a time of instability in the police force

The Ipid report, which the Mail & Guardian has seen, states that no injuries or complaints by individuals were lodged with Ipid following the incident at the Sassa office in Bellville.

Ipid report clears cops of misconduct for use of water cannon on Sassa crowd

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate found no misconduct was committed by police who used a water cannon on a crowd outside the Sassa office in Bellville, Cape Town

Shootings on Cape Flats claim 14 lives in less than a week

At least 50 more police and other law enforcement officers were sent to the area in response to the spate of violence

Resurrection of Pagad spreads unease

Resurrection of Pagad spreads unease

Some desperate residents of Lavender Hill have welcomed the renewed presence of the controversial movement Pagad.

Food and love where bullets fly

Food and love where bullets fly

A Cape Flats school provides a haven in a community terrorised by gang warfare.