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/ 10 November 2009
AfriForum will send a letter to the police minister on Tuesday to request an explanation for ANCYL leader Julius Malema’s costly police protection.
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/ 3 November 2009
The National Assembly’s police committee on Tuesday recommended the green light be given to a proposed amnesty for surrendering illegal firearms.
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/ 28 October 2009
Amendments to section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act are aimed at clarifying ambiguities, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 October 2009
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has racked up another five-star hotel bill, this time worth over R570 000 in Durban.
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/ 13 October 2009
Critics are slamming government’s advocacy of increased police force after officers shot and killed an innocent woman on Sunday.
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/ 11 October 2009
Cope on Saturday labelled Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa’s claim of being unaware of the high cost of staying at a five star hotel as ”transparent”.
The killing of a police captain this week is an example of why SA needs to rewrite the Criminal Procedure Act, President Jacob Zuma says.
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/ 29 September 2009
Jacob Zuma on Tuesday expressed his support for an amendment to the law to strengthen the hand of policemen in dealing with violent criminals.
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/ 26 September 2009
President Jacob Zuma will meet the country’s police
commissioners next week to discuss crime fighting initiatives, the presidency said on Friday.
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/ 15 September 2009
South Africans will soon be making crime statements to legal professionals when they enter the country’s police stations, Bheki Cele said on Tuesday.
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/ 15 September 2009
Legislation empowering police to respond more forcefully to dangerous criminals is close to finalisation, the minister of police said on Tuesday.
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/ 8 September 2009
More than 500 police officers were found guilty in internal hearings last year of crimes including murder, rape, assault, theft and corruption.
Police are investigating the illegal protest by soldiers that turned violent at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Wednesday.
The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday urged President Jacob Zuma to appoint a national police commissioner with experience, expertise and independence.
More than 750 people operating in crime syndicates have been arrested since July 1, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Friday.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa made up an accusation that R100-million of Scorpions funds was unaccounted for, the DA said on Wednesday.
South Africa will have a permanent national police commissioner by the end of July, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa told MPs on Wednesday.
The DA’s Dianne Kohler-Barnard took Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to task on Wednesday for his failure to release more regular crime statistics.
Jacob Zuma and Nathi Mthethwa will meet this week to discuss the appointment of a permanent police national commissioner, Mthethwa’s spokesperson said
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa will name on Thursday the head of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation which will replace the Scorpions.
The army could be brought in to help the police fight crime, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Sunday.
The re-appointment of Nathi Mthethwa as minister of the newly named police department is a ”positive step”, the SA Police Union said on Monday.
The head of the police division replacing the Scorpions will only be appointed next month, the Safety and Security Department said on Friday.
Cope will ask the Public Protector to probe the reported R1-million spent on protecting Jacob Zuma every month, Mvume Dandala said on Tuesday.
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/ 9 February 2009
Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa claimed on Monday that about R100-million has gone missing from the accounts of the Scorpions.
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/ 14 January 2009
The Scorpions have secured subpoenas against police officers, ordering them to surrender evidence in the Selebi case, a media report said on Wednesday
Minister of Safety and Security Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday that the public’s perception of police corruption was correct.
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/ 29 December 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma on Monday urged tougher legislation against all forms of crimes in a country where over 50 murders are committed every day.
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/ 1 December 2008
Corruption and ill-discipline in the police service will not be tolerated, Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday.
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/ 12 November 2008
The new ”get tough” approach to fighting crime was elaborated on on Wednesday by Nathi Mthethwa, the new Minister of Safety and Security.
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/ 30 October 2008
South Africa, suffering from one of the world’s highest rates of violent crime, is turning to private security firms to help make the streets safe.
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/ 25 October 2008
Politicians will have significant say over what
the new super SAPS unit investigates.