The NPA boss, Menzi Simelane, has lost the first round in his fight with his subordinate in KwaZulu-Natal.
NPA boss Menzi Simelane had no grounds to strip the KZN Asset Forfeiture Unit head Knorx Molelle of his powers Molelle says in an affidavit.
Officials in the Asset Forfeiture Unit believe Menzi Simelane is using claims of an assassination plot against him to justify action against the unit.
Controversial NPA boss Menzi Simelane has stripped the head of the Asset Forfeiture Unit in KZN, Knorx Molelle, of all his powers.
New corruption allegations have been levelled against corruption-fighter Willie Hofmeyr, the head of the Special Investigating Unit.
Menzi Simelane, the national director of public prosecutions, has "totally dismantled" the successful Specialised Commercial Crime Unit.
The Directorate of Special Operations, or the Scorpions, had another nail hammered into its coffin on Tuesday, with the tabling of the General Laws Amendment Bill in the National Assembly. The draft legislation, now headed for the committee stage, provides for the establishment of a new division in the South African Police Service.
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/ 11 January 2008
A 49-year-old man, who allegedly had been raking in millions of rands by manufacturing fake documents, was arrested in Durban on Thursday night. He had been operating a home affairs ”office” from his home, said police spokesperson Superintendent Vincent Mdunge on Friday.
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/ 19 September 2007
Strong measures are still needed to fight organised crime, especially in countries with new democracies, Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) head Willie Hofmeyr said in Pretoria on Wednesday. ”States with new democracies are often weak and lack skills and legal weapons to combat organised crime,” he said.