Riah Phiyega was the a shareholder in Kapela Capital, which owns a 40% stake in XON, which held a contract to supply IT equipment to the SAPS.
Corruption Watch and the Social Justice Coalition have filed a joint application for former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli to be suspended.
One of Jacob Zuma’s most trusted bodyguards has been placed in charge of the operational spying structures of the police service.
Widespread allegations of manipulated crime statistics have risen in Paarl but the police officers responsible will probably get away with it.
Businessman Hugh Glenister has slammed the SAPS Amendment Bill, saying it was inadequate and will not protect the Hawks from political interference.
The ANC’s envisaged centralisation of policing has its supporters, but others remain sceptical.
The independent police watchdog is getting a new name and greater powers to hold unruly, heavy handed and criminal policemen to account.
Calls for the banning of the "blue-light brigade" would be unnecessary had the findings of the SAHRC in the Chumani Maxwele case been implemented.
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/ 28 October 2011
Police commissioner Bheki Cele first heard about his suspension by President Jacob Zuma when someone called him on Monday morning.
The SAPS and the department of correctional services face legal claims worth billions of rands, according to their respective annual reports.
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/ 2 September 2011
One of the biggest challenges facing SAPS is the "widely held perception" among its own staff and the public that many members and leaders are corrupt
SAPS has 535 trauma counsellors serving 172 000 personnel, meaning that only about 5 000 of them can receive therapy each year.
President Jacob Zuma needs to allay fears the country is fast becoming a "corruption-ridden banana republic", Cosatu has said.
The deadly force by police in Durban that left six criminals dead has reignited concern about the alarming levels of police violence in KwaZulu-Natal.
The police union wants an investigation into how R24-million was spent on "wasteful" police day festivities, and called for the event to be cancelled.
When a population is afraid of its own protectors, all the factors contributing to police-on-civilian violence must be examined.
A <i>Mail & Guardian</i> investigation has turned an alarming spotlight on SAPS’s heavy-handed, military-style approach to the training of recruits.
This year 36 police officers have been killed so far, yet there is no public outcry, says General Bheki Cele.
The ICD has cleared the police over the Sutherland, Karoo, shooting of French fugitives Philippe Ménière and Agnes Jardel.
The death of Andries Tatane at the hands of police officers has led South Africans to question the direction in which law-enforcement is moving.
What do you do when you have less than three months before the next "final" deadline for the controversial Protection of Information Bill?
Dossier claims the involvement of disloyal ‘Mbeki men’ in investigating Mdluli.
Allegations that crime intelligence boss Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli was involved in a 1999 murder appear to have set off a propaganda war.
Presidential power to extend the chief justice’s term undermines independence.
A cellphone clip of police brutalising a resident during the Ermelo uprising backs up torture claims.
The two crime intelligence officers suspended after paying an official visit to the offices of public protector were following orders, says Sapu.
If history is the judge, acting against high-ranking political figures isn’t a good career move.
Amid denial of knowledge of any raid on the protector’s office Madonsela is called to ‘engage’ with Cabinet.
The Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, is entitled to enlist the aid of the Special Investigating Unit when investigating, says her office.
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/ 28 January 2011
The ICD has confirmed that it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a farmer in Babanango in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
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/ 20 December 2010
The police said on Monday they were "surprised" by the <em>Sunday Independent</em>’s allegations that a reporter had been placed under surveillance.
More than four years after a 14-year-old boy allegedly used his trousers to hang himself in a police cell, the inquest into his death has begun.