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The minister allegedly tried to influence procurement and appointments to key management posts, top cop tells Ramaphosa
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The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
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Never was the saying ‘Who will guard the guardians?’ more appropriate than at the present
A survey of March’s top online news articles suggests that municipalities, a new police commissioner and the ANC’s December elective conference were key issues facing the president
Masemola’s appointment as the country’s top cop comes amid allegations of meddling levelled against Police Minister Bheki Cele.
The president will announce Khehla Sitole’s successor
The senior administrator in the Free State police service has reported corruption, irregular appointments and promotions, as well as crimes involving guns to her line managers or the Hawks
National police commissioner Khehla Sitole, who’s had a tense standoff with police minister Bheki Cele, has been shown the door
The national police commissioner said he met Malema in 2020, but only to discuss the EFF leader’s security
The ratio of private security members to citizens is 1:106, whereas that of police officers to citizens is 1:413
As the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) concludes its first leg of the inquiry into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the testimonies have laid bare the dysfunctional state of South Africa’s justice, crime prevention and security cluster. During the inquiry, members of the cluster engaged in buck-passing and blame-gaming, with no one […]
Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences
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The minister again accused the commissioner of being missing in action when the violence raged in KwaZulu-Natal
KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi took no prisoners as he accused former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula of perjury at hearings into the unrest
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Minister of police only receives information from national commissioner that relates to him, commission hears
The suspended national police commissioner told the SAHRC it was the first time the country had seen unrest that began at a level aimed at debilitating the police’s available resources
SAPS top brass in sights for R100m security equipment corruption while spying on ANC and students
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Vearey’s defence seeks advantage from suspension cloud hanging over police head Khehla Sitole
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
The alleged intransigence of the national police commissioner Khehla Sitole in working with police watchdog Ipid could see him removed from office
The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September
The 34 police officers who died in the line of duty this year were remembered at the annual national commemoration day
Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS
The rise in crime levels is reduced to single-figures when compared with stats for 2019
In Parliament on Thursday, the police minister and national police commissioner lamented that officers had become hesitant to execute their duties
Some blame the feud between the police minister and the national police commissioner blamed for slow reaction to unrest
Jacob Zuma met his deadline to hand himself in by minutes but convincing him took much longer
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By the early hours of Thursday morning, Jacob Zuma was on one side of a cell door and the country he corrupted on the other. There is cause for reflection on both sides
In the absence of any ruling amending that of the apex court, the police minister and commissioner risked being in contempt too if they failed to detain the former president to begin serving his 15-month sentence
Dali Mpofu ‘kitchen-sinked’ the case for jurisdiction, but the Zondo commission will counter that the former president’s only avenue is the apex court
Minister’s ‘interference’ said to undermine SAPS’ restructuring and the filling of 160 000 posts
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