Riah Phiyega has made a series of blunders since taking over from Bheki Cele. All she has done is make Cele look like a saint in comparison.
Riah Phiyega was ‘blinded’ when she hired Bethuel Zuma as Gauteng’s commissioner, says Agang SA, adding the situation has hurt the SAPS credibility.
The SAPS have been reviewing several operational aspects following the Marikana wage-related unrest last year that left 44 people dead.
South Africa’s under-fire police force have faced a fresh scandal after footage emerged of an off-duty officer hitting and kicking an unarmed woman.
IT firm Gijima’s troubles appear to have multiplied since it lost a key home affairs tender in 2010.
The police officers seen dragging a Daveyton taxi driver behind a police van have been suspended, says National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega.
A second autopsy of a minibus taxi driver who died, allegedly at the hands of the police, has been considered.
A taxi driver from Mozambique has died after being dragged by a police van and then beaten to death in Daveyton, says a report.
The SAPS says the construction of a police station in President Jacob Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla is not linked to the upgrades to his home.
Pagad – which became notorious for violence in the 90s – says its attempts to help drug-affected communities in Jo’burg have been thwarted by police.
A new report says the police minister is being targeted by "unhappy" members of the police who are plotting with NGOs and the media to discredit him.
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?