Independent Police Investigative Directorate

/ 1 August 2024

Ramaphosa signs a raft of laws to mixed reviews

Critics have commented that several of the myriad acts fall short as a response to the Zondo commission’s proposals to stem state capture

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By Emsie Ferreira

National

/ 19 January 2024

Station commander investigated for links to crime kingpin

There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape

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By Eunice Masson

National

/ 14 September 2023

Ipid investigates man being dragged by police van

Members attached to Kensington police in Cape Town are under investigation for alleged police brutality

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 16 August 2023

Mashatile was in VIP convoy, but not at scene of assault, says Cele

The deputy president’s convoy consisted of seven vehicles and only two pulled off, the police minister told parliament on Wednesday

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 1 August 2023

VIP assault accused granted R10 000 bail

The Randburg magistrate’s court ruled the state had a weak case against granting bail and postponed the matter to 27 September

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 26 July 2023

Member of Paul Mashatile’s protection unit says state’s assault case against him is weak

Phineas Molefo Boshielo is one of eight officers accused of assaulting three military trainees on a Johannesburg highway

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 24 July 2023

Members of Mashatile’s protection unit in court over ‘highway assault’

Eight police officers linked to deputy president face charges of assault, malicious damage to property and discharging a firearm near Fourways

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 11 July 2023

All eight SAPS members in VIP assault suspended

Police minister Bheki Cele has still not commented on the brutal beatings

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 6 July 2023

Quite concerning, Masemola says of VIP assault

The national police commissioner said protection service members needed to be ‘retrained’ and ‘talked to’

By Eunice Masson

Article

/ 5 July 2023

Mbalula: Don’t blame ANC for highway police brutality

The ANC secretary general said the country would ‘forever’ remember the VIP police protection unit assault

By Lyse Comins

National

/ 5 July 2023

Four VIP officers in assault video served with suspension notices

The South African National Defence Union said the victims have been told not to discuss the matter with the police while the Independent Police Investigative Directorate holds its inquiry

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 4 July 2023

VIP officers in assault video are part of Mashatile security detail

IPID has identified the victims of the beatings as military trainees

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 3 July 2023

Ipid linked to corruption cover-up claims

An investigation into Mpumalanga’s police commissioner has allegedly been concealed

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By Khaya Koko

National

/ 10 November 2022

Kinnear killing: Police fail to act on Ipid recommendations

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate advised that disciplinary proceedings be instituted against police officials

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By Eunice Masson

Opinion

/ 3 November 2022

Do criminal syndicates operate in SAPS management?

Dismissed employees’ experiences suggest that there are illegal money-making activities within the police service

By Mary de Haas

National

/ 15 October 2022

Taxi violence: Bring back law and intelligence

Correcting historic faults, the minibus taxi industry must become regulated and stop overtrading

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By Eunice Masson

Opinion

/ 27 July 2022

The EFF is leading the war against gender-based violence

Party calls for special police unit to investigate officers accused of victimising GBV survivors

By Poppy Mailola

National

/ 24 July 2022

War for diamonds: An unequal battle

Illegal miners, who have been fighting to get mining permits, risk arrest and even death in confrontations between the police and security firms

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By Eunice Masson

National

/ 26 May 2022

Bheki Cele’s community policing forums plan met with scepticism

However experts warn that SAPS’s R100.6-billion annual budget should be better spent and monitored

By Eunice Masson

National

/ 7 March 2022

Ipid investigating after police officer allegedly shoots and injures girlfriend

The firearm believed to have been used by the sergeant in the shooting was reportedly stolen soon after the incident

By Eunice Masson

Africa

/ 17 October 2021

‘These people are barbarians’: Police torture in Southern Africa

In Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe torture is used to extract information, elicit confessions, punish or sometimes for sadistic reasons

By Tshepang Edwin Makwati

National

/ 8 October 2021

Survey shows public trust in police is at record low

Afrobarometer reports that confidence in the police has halved over the last 10 years, with 73% of respondents saying they have little to no trust in the police

By Sarah Smit

National

/ 7 October 2021

R45m ‘grabber’ case from 2017 haunts top cop Sitole

The alleged intransigence of the national police commissioner Khehla Sitole in working with police watchdog Ipid could see him removed from office

By Khaya Koko

National

/ 1 October 2021

Ipid swoops on last of 20 Durban officers over 2018 murder

At least one of the officers may be linked to the theft of 1.5-million rounds of ammunition from a warehouse during the July looting and violence

By Erika Gibson

National

/ 28 September 2021

R191m SAPS corruption case involving Phahlane delayed, again

Former top cops file applications to contest the ‘unreasonable delays’ in their fraud matter, also known as the ‘blue-light’ tender

By Khaya Koko

National

/ 4 August 2021

Deadly result as state forces seize ‘loot’ in Durban

In Madlala, the police and army broke into homes in an operation to retrieve stolen goods. After they left, a woman lay dead in a pool of her blood behind a shack

By Chris Makhaye

National

/ 6 May 2021

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

By Eunice Masson

Opinion

/ 19 March 2021

What will it take for the police to stop killing our citizens?

Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free

By Sumeya Gasa

National

/ 18 March 2021

Bushiri goes on counterattack against the Hawks

South African authorities were poised to add rape charges to those faced by Bushiri in mid-November when he skipped bail and the border to return to Malawi

By Emsie Ferreira