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It seems we are back to the era of Jackie Selebi, the disgraced former police commissioner with a penchant for designer clothes, who sold police intelligence information to drug trafficker Glenn Agliotti in exchange for cash and expensive gifts.
EDITORIAL

Editorial: We can’t afford another Jackie Selebi

The testimonies of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and national police boss Fannie Masemola suggest the rot is deep in the police service

  • Editorial
2 min read
The labour court last week halted an attempt by the South African Police Service management to subject Major General Feroz Khan, its head of security and counter-intelligence, to an expeditious disciplinary process which could have led to his summary dismissal. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ARTICLE

A new minister must lead reform of the police 

A lack of effective political leadership has contributed to the stagnation and decline of the South African Police Service

  • David Bruce
6 min read
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. (Elmond Jiyane)
BHEKI MANYATHI

BREAKING: Mapisa-Nqakula faces 12 corruption charges and one of money laundering

Advocate’s affidavit reveals trail of bribes allegedly pocketed by the National Assembly speaker, who is expected to appear in court today

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Glenn Agliotti. File photo
BRETT KEBBLE

Police confirm death of Glenn Agliotti

The convicted drug-dealer was at the centre of Jackie Selebi’s fall from grace

  • Sarah Smit
1 min read
Jackie Selebi is one of many police commissioners to leave in disgrace.
ANDRIES TATANE

Why it’s critical to appoint the right person as next police commissioner

Law enforcement cannot function adequately if its leadership structures are dysfunctional

  • Theodore Petrus
4 min read
Gauteng won out over other South African provinces in the number of house robberies committed in 2019-20. (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
AFRICASCOPE

Gauteng remains house robbery hotspot, says AfricaScope

Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
AHMED TIMOL

NPA admits to political interference in prosecutorial decisions

The NPA has denied that it played any role in delaying the prosecution of apartheid-era crimes, but concedes politicians interfered in its decisions

  • Raeesa Pather
5 min read
The past: Advocate Andrew Chauke’s decision not to prosecute Richard Mdluli for murder may adversely affect his selection as the next national director of public prosecutions. (Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images)
ANDREW CHAUKE

Politics tops questions for NDPP job

It was the panel’s chief concern and might have cost some of the candidates their chances

  • Raeesa Pather
4 min read
‘We had a president at the time who did not want us to proceed with that prosecution,’ said Andrea Johnson (SABC Screenshot)
JACKIE SELEBI

NPA insider tells NDPP panel Abrahams refused to tackle interference

Advocate Andrea Johnson revealed that former NPA boss Shaun Abrahams ‘chose not to listen’

  • Raeesa Pather
2 min read
Mulangi Mphego was head of intelligence during former president Thabo Mbeki’s tenure and was forced to resign in 2009
DAVID MABUZA

Mabuza appoints former spy boss as adviser

Mulangi Mphego has what is best described as a checkered past

  • Mahlatse Mahlase
3 min read
Thabo Mbeki tried to prohibit or delay the arrest of former police boss Jackie Selebi.
JACKIE SELEBI

Mbeki guilty of misinterpreting the law

The former president’s excuse of "national security" for interfering in the prosecution of Jackie Selebi is a misinterpretation of the law.

  • Lauren Kohn
7 min read
FRENE GINWALA

Zuma shuts down inquiry into NPA boss Mxolisi Nxasana

The inquiry into whether the prosecutions boss is fit for the job has been terminated just as it was due to begin, on the orders of the president.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Jackie Selebi was convicted of corruption on July 2 2010. We speak to investigative journalist Adriaan Basson following the verdict.
ANC

Editorial: Exploiting Selebi’s death

All the whitewashing after Jackie Selebi’s funeral looks suspiciously like another attack from Zuma’s circle on the National Prosecuting Authority.

  • Editorial
2 min read
In 2010 Selebi was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for accepting bribes from convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti.
JACKIE SELEBI

Mourners turn out to bid farewell to Selebi

Friends and family have paid tribute to former police commissioner Jackie Selebi with some taking a swipe at those who ‘preyed on his legacy’.

  • Staff Reporter
5 min read
We will always remember the role that was played by the fallen hero in the liberation struggle and also in the post-1994 period, said the SACP.
JACKIE SELEBI

SACP: Selebi will be remembered for crucial role during struggle

The SACP has sent its condolences to the family of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi.

  • Sapa
1 min read