The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to appoint a national police commissioner with experience, expertise and independence.
The DA’s Dianne Kohler-Barnard took Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to task on Wednesday for his failure to release more regular crime statistics.
There has been a 56% increase in the number of missing police dockets over the past year, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.
The DA on Friday called for an investigation into the claim that portions of a video tape seized by the president’s VIP officers were deleted.
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/ 30 September 2008
The ANC should focus on addressing weaknesses in legislation governing the Scorpions instead of seeking to disband the unit, the DA said on Tuesday.
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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.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) believes that the Bill abolishing the Scorpions and amalgamating them into a police directorate will dramatically undermine the fight against crime, and against organised crime in particular. ”As such, the DA will do all in its power to ensure that the Bill does not become law,” the party said on Wednesday.
The opposition claimed victory on Sunday in Zimbabwe’s election as concerns mounted over a delay to the results of a contest that could see President Robert Mugabe turfed out of office. Meanwhile, the election was a peaceful and credible expression of the will of the people, observers from the Southern African Development Community said.
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/ 6 December 2007
Opposition parties have lamented the increases in crime detailed in the latest statistics for April to September, which were released on Thursday. It was deplorable and made a mockery of Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula’s assurances that the crime rate was under control, Democratic Alliance spokesperson Diane Kohler-Barnard said.