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KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (@SAPoliceService/X)

Provincial commissioners need more authority, KZN police chief Mkhwanazi tells Senzo Mchunu

The lieutenant-general is adamant that delegating the recruitment and structuring of police to SAPS provincial offices is crucial to quality policing

Senzo Meyiwa’s coffin arrives during the funeral service of the late Senzo Meyiwa (South African and Orlando Pirates captain) at Moses Mabhida Stadium on November 01, 2014 in Durban, South Africa. Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead in Vosloorus on the East Rand last Sunday, October 26, 2014.  (Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
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The killing of Senzo Meyiwa and the undoing of Bheki Cele

With a recent study by the Human Sciences Research Council having found that public confidence in the South African Police Services (SAPS) is at an all-time low of 27%, the…

President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Watch Live: Ramaphosa announces General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola as new National Commissioner of Police

The president will announce Khehla Sitole’s successor

South African National Defence Force soldiers and South Africa Police Services (SAPS) members line up in front of the Phoenix Police Station in Durban, on July 21, 2021. File photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Hearings into July unrest expose dismal state of security cluster

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…

After being chastised as “irresponsible” and allegedly having his authority undermined by Police Minister Bheki Cele, National Police commissioner Khehla Sitole is on the verge of being suspended by the president.

R45m ‘grabber’ case from 2017 haunts top cop Sitole

The alleged intransigence of the national police commissioner Khehla Sitole in working with police watchdog Ipid could see him removed from office

Coming out fighting: Riah Phiyega contends she has been made a ‘scapegoat’ for the Marikana massacre. (Herman Verwey/Gallo Images/Beeld)

Phiyega’s ‘zombie litigation’ to fight Marikana findings costs taxpayers

Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her

A province riddled with violent crime and gangsterism has a new sheriff after Police Minister Bheki Cele approved the appointment of Thembisile Patekile as police commissioner in the Western Cape.

New Western Cape police commissioner to sort out old problems

The province gets a permanent police commissioner to fight crime and violence during a time of instability in the police force

Cele is accused of meddling in police operations after sending a scathing letter

Sources have claimed that the minister is still yearning to be police commissioner and is usurping Khehla Sitole’s powers

Businessman Thoshan Panday. (File photo)

Panday indictment for Fifa fraud becomes a family affair

The Durban businessman’s family members will be arrested and will be back in the dock in May along with former KwaZulu-Natal cops.

Commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni

Suspended KZN police commissioner loses bid to be reinstated

KZN police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni has been suspended for almost two years over allegations she had a "cosy relationship" with Thoshan Panday

Former top cop Khomotso Phahlane. (Gallo)

P2 – Phahlane, wife, car dealer appear in court for corruption

IPID has alleged that Snyman gave the Phahlanes vehicles which were paid for by a police contractor, who received billions in forensic contracts.

Suspended South African Police Service Commissioner

Phiyega mustn’t be spared testimony by Marikana survivors and widows – lawyers

The Claassen inquiry failed to adequately cross-examine the suspended police commissioner, victims’ representatives argue.

Writer David Bruce says that “Marikana need not have destroyed” national police commissioner Riah Phiyega.

[From our archives] Phiyega flew too close to the sun

With access to high political power, she believed she was unaccountable and untouchable, writes David Bruce.

Editorial: Root out top rot in public service

Riah Phiyega’s removal at least raises the faint prospect of peace.

Police commissioner rejects SAIRR report on SAPS criminality

Riah Phiyega has rejected a South African Institute for Race Relations report on police involvement in serious and violent crimes as "malicious".

Former police commissioner Bheki Cele.

#BringBackBhekiCele: Can it solve the police’s problems?

Bheki Cele might be confident that he reduced the violent crime rate during his term, but what does the NDP say about appointing a new commissioner?

National police commissioner Riah Phiyega

Phiyega sends deputies packing

Two senior, qualified Lieutenant Generals axed amid claims that their dismissals are linked to the case of suspended intelligence boss Richard Mdluli

Former national police commissioner Riah Phiyega. (Oupa Nkosi)

Riah Phiyega: Failure and dashed hopes

South Africans had high hopes when Riah Phiyega stepped into office as national police commissioner last year. Those hopes, it seems, were misplaced.

New national police commissioner Riah Phiyega says she will work with senior officers in the police service to fight crime in South Africa.

KZN party unhappy at axing of Cele

President Jacob Zuma’s decision to fire Bheki Cele as police commissioner could affect his re-election campaign in Mangaung in December.

Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega was a director in Lefatshe Technologies when it was awarded a R65m tender.

Editorial: Riah vaya? A cautious welcome for SA’s new top cop

Zuma’s appointment of Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega to replace Bheki Cele as police commissioner must be welcomed — but somewhat cautiously.