Former State Security Agency boss Arthur Fraser goes on the offensive as allegations mount against him at the inquiry into state capture
An underground operative challenges many established views about important aspects of the struggle
A comprehensive review of SA’s military capabilities paints a grim picture of the country’s defence capabilities. Let’s hope Lesotho doesn’t invade.
SANDF soldiers have arrived in South Sudan to provide added security to the world’s newest nation as it formally declares independence this weekend.
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/ 26 November 2009
Charles Nqakula will lead a team to facilitate talks on the Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement, the presidency said on Thursday.
Is this President Jacob Zuma’s dream team? Among the five advisers he appointed this week are two failed former Cabinet ministers and an ANC loyalist.
Charles Nqakula will tour parts of KwaZulu-Natal with the police on Tuesday to assess security preparations ahead of Wednesday’s election.
Defence Minister Charles Nqakula will lead SA’s delegation to the SADC troika meeting in Swaziland on the political upheaval in Madagascar.
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/ 20 October 2008
Military cooperation between SA and Botswana will be high on the agenda at a four-day meeting between that starts in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Two South African soldiers have drowned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Defence Minister Charles Nqakula announced on Wednesday.
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/ 4 September 2008
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday raised concerns over the South African Police Service’s ability to undertake complex investigations.
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/ 4 September 2008
The DA has raised concerns over the South African Police Service’s ability to undertake complex crime investigations.
SA, battling perceptions of being an unsafe destination ahead of 2010, has made progress in fighting violent crime, the government said on Monday.
The scale of urbanisation in South Africa, which has seen millions move to informal settlements, was highlighted at a government briefing on Monday.
Justice Department DG received a harsh rebuke from Constitutional Court judges this week over a challenge regarding the dissolution of the Scorpions.
Johannesburg businessman Hugh Glenister’s bid to stop the disbandment of the Scorpions will come before the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.
Moya: One can break the law if that is what "simple economics" dictates is the best way to get desired outcomes.
Crime levels in SA are a national problem and not only the responsibility of police and the government, Safety and Security Minister Charles says.
The DA has questioned the accuracy of the latest crime statistics, saying decreases in certain categories could be due to under-reporting.
On a vast rubbish-strewn field in a mining area east of Johannesburg, hundreds of destitute Africans who have fled their makeshift homes in nearby slums shiver in the morning cold. The land, covered in white tents donated by aid groups, resembles the all-too-familiar refugee camps seen across this violence-hit continent.
President Thabo Mbeki faces an uphill battle to remain politically relevant in his last year in office after his failure to contain an eruption of violence that has killed dozens of foreign workers in South Africa. Mbeki was already under fire for failing to prevent a crippling power shortage when mobs went on the rampage this month.
Xenophobic violence against foreign nationals has been brought under control, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Monday. ”I do believe the situation is under control … the violence has subsided,” he said at a briefing at the Union Buildings in Pretoria following an inter-governmental task team meeting with President Thabo Mbeki.
Johannesburg businessman Hugh Glenister will likely hear next week whether his court bid to stop the government from disbanding the Scorpions has succeeded. The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday reserved judgement in his case, with Judge Willie van der Merwe indicating it was likely he would deliver judgement sometime next week.
The South African government is under growing pressure to send troops into Johannesburg’s townships for the first time since the apartheid era as African immigrants continued to flee a wave of killings and violence against foreigners. Several people were killed overnight including two men, believed to be Mozambican miners, who were beaten to death as mobs moved through townships.
Thousands of refugees in and around Johannesburg faced another night filled with anxiety on Tuesday evening as xenophobic tensions and violence continued to spread through the province. The violence has so far claimed 24 lives and left up to 10 000 people seeking refuge in shelters across Gauteng.
Ronnie Kasrils, Minister of Intelligence, said on Tuesday that "we are not just seeing spontaneous xenophobic attacks". "There are many social issues at the root of the problem, but we have reason to believe that there are many other organisations involved in sparking the attacks. We are currently analysing the situation."
As police announced the launch of "specialised units" to combat the deadly xenophobic violence in Gauteng and the National Intelligence Agency confirmed that it was probing the violence, the government on Tuesday stood accused of serious policy failures that "created a tinderbox of unmet expectations which exploded in Alexandra".
Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula said on Friday that those responsible for continuous xenophobic attacks in Gauteng townships will be ”severely dealt with”. He was responding to the violence in Alexandra and Diepsloot that erupted in the past week, in which three people were killed and dozens injured.
Having fled the spiralling post-election violence in his native Zimbabwe, Given Sithole never imagined he would now be fearing for his life in what he saw as the safety of neighbouring South Africa. With tears dripping from his swollen right eye, Sithole recounts how he was caught in recent xenophobic attacks in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg.
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.
Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula on Tuesday gave the assurance that all cases currently under investigation by the Directorate of Special Operations, or Scorpions, will be finalised. ”There is not a single case that was investigated by the Scorpions, which is under investigation now by the Scorpions, that will not be finalised.
Efforts to determine why crime in South Africa is often accompanied by excessive violence will soon bear fruit, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Tuesday. The justice, crime-prevention and security cluster of ministers will present a progress report to the Cabinet at a July lekgotla (meeting).