For 20 years ministers in charge of the police have been telling them to beat up or kill criminals
Several initiatives have been successfully launched to promote the arts and develop young minds
The Freedom Front Plus says Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu is creating "racial tension" with her comments that courts are racist.
The same logic that saw Thabo Mbeki replaced as party president should apply to those who seem to think they represent their own jackets.
Sotyu proclaimed that the Scorpions would be dissolved because the ANC had decided to do so, despite public hearings into the issue.
Opponents of legislation face a dilemma: should they concentrate on fighting it or on ensuring that any new body preserves the Scorpions’ approach?
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/ 11 February 2008
The "specialist nature" of the Scorpions might well be retained, wherever the unit is finally located, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday. He said the government remained firmly committed to ensuring South Africa’s capacity to fight organised crime was enhanced, not reduced.
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/ 10 February 2008
An intense battle over the future of the Scorpions is raging between the government and the African National Congress, the Sunday Times reported. The party’s parliamentary caucus was setting up a heavyweight committee to drive the dismantling of the unit, while President Thabo Mbeki was mounting a defiant fightback campaign.