Mkhwanazi told the ad hoc committee that he maintained that Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala approached him as an informer and was used by key individuals in organised crime
The national police commissioner said his deputies were divided on whether to implement a directive to disband the political killings task team
Police officer Fannie Nkosi says deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya requested Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala to arrest Musa Khawula
Shibiri said Matlala’s loan offer came at an opportune time when he wanted to rebuild his property and fix his son’s car
The senior police office told the Madlanga commission that he was simply warning investigators in a case involving Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala case that they should not be swayed by bribes
Deputy national police commissioner for crime detection Tebello Mosikili said the timing of the now suspended police minister’s disbandment letter was suspect
The Madlanga commission wants Mogotsi to submit a medical certificate to back his claim of ill health
Lindia Gxasheka said she had submitted a forensic report which recommended the suspension of the senior Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officer
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has signalled increased spending on peace and security in his budget speech from R268.2 billion in 2025/26 to R291.2 billion in 2028/29. The allocation follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement in his State of the Nation address (Sona) that the defence force will be deployed alongside the police to combat illegal mining […]
The North West businessman told parliament’s ad hoc committee that the cartel leader had informed him of having had a meeting with the KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner to resolve his case
The president is expected to respond to the MPs’ questions regarding oversight and reporting on a task team on political killings before conclusion of the committee’s inquiry in March
Deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya said that when he found out the impalas were from Cat Matlala, he stopped the delivery
Incoming NDPP lauded for his anti-corruption record as head of the SIU while critics see red
The parliamentary committee is scheduled to hear evidence on corruption in the policing system until 20 February
The president picked the SIU head after an advisory panel found none of the six candidates interviewed late last year suitable for the post
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner said his testimony will first deal with the disbanding of political killings task team in the province and then the influence of criminal syndicates in the police service
The commission is yet to secure premises, finalise rules and consult witnesses for the six-month inquiry into criminality and political interference in the criminal justice system
air and timely access to justice is enshrined in the African Charter, yet many spend years behind bars, their cases in limbo or never brought before a court.
Our country has a recidivism rate of about 90% compared to 6% to 8% for China, an authoritarian regime where mass executions of re-offenders is common
A rhino-poaching suspect, who recently escaped from police custody, has been identified as a criminal who was serving multiple life sentences when he broke out of prison last year
Is the evidence used to convict criminals always based on sufficient facts or data? Leletu Tonisi from the Wits Justice Project examines some of the flaws in the system
The judicial system alone and appealing to miscreants has not stopped attacks on women
The prisons department says it has rehabilitation programmes. Others disagree, including an ex-inmate who says the only way to come right is to want to change
Conviction rates are high, but backlogs are mounting and key crime cases are languishing.
A police officer’s laxity led to a boy shooting his brother but the family still waits for compensation.
A proposed overhaul of South Africa’s justice system will prevent "meddling" with case files, says the high court’s Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann.
There are doubts over plans to replicate the successes of World Cup courts which have seen cases around the tournament swiftly concluded.
Transformation of the judiciary was again high on the agenda of the Judicial Service Commission as it began a marathon sitting in Cape Town on Monday.
The new legal norm is now the spirit of the people as interpreted by certain politicians and not through the Constitution.
The conflation of the ruling party with the government and the state is fuelled by the myth of the party as the liberator of a passive citizenry.
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/ 24 December 2008
As we move into 2009, one prediction can be made with confidence: while the Zuma case continues, turbulent constitutional times are likely.
The government wants to use state resources across all departments to fight crime.