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True colours: Jeremy Vearey’s sweeping war novel Crimson Sands, set in the early 20th century, tells the story of Dirk Aruseb and the Bondelswarts. Photo: Brenda Veldtman

Crimson Sands, a historical novel of uprising against tyranny

This is an edited extract from the new novel by Jeremy Vearey, Crimson Sands

Gun barrels needed: Rangers from the Virunga National Park in the DRC. The park has contracted Truvelo to supply it with steel components to manufacture gun barrels. (Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images)

How security fell to pieces in July

KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi took no prisoners as he accused former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula of perjury at hearings into the unrest

Former Western Cape detective boss Jeremy Vearey. Photo: Deon Raath

Axed cop Jeremy Vearey’s dismissal was fair, bargaining council rules

Jeremy Vearey encouraged a ‘mini insurrection’ with his Facebook posts, arbitration hearing finds

Major General Jeremy Vearey. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Dismissed cop Jeremy Vearey’s arbitration hearing nears its end

Vearey’s defence seeks advantage from suspension cloud hanging over police head Khehla Sitole

Major General Jeremy Vearey. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Senior crime intelligence officers want R15mn from axed top cop Vearey

The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September

Voting for Vearey: A silent protest was held in Cape Town for dismissed top cop Jeremy Vearey. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Culture of secrecy rules the police’

Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS

A silent vigil for dismissed SAPS General Jeremy Vearey outside St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town.  (Photo by David Harrison)

Vearey hearing adjourned over Covid-19 scare

The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material

Western Cape head of detectives Major General Jeremy Vearey was dismissed following an “expeditious” procedure that found him guilty of bringing the South African Police Service into disrepute.

Popcru vows to support dismissed top cop Vearey

The police union said it would challenge the process that led to the axing of the Western Cape head of detectives

Major General Jeremy Vearey. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

W Cape detective boss Vearey faces sacking over Facebook posts

The Western Cape head of detectives was found to have brought the police service into disrepute with a series of Facebook posts taking aim at national commissioner Khehla Sitole