Bodyguards
latest news & developments
‘You are ordinary, even as a minister’
We should hold SA’s politicians to account and not just offer them our unthinking deference
Ramaphosa to look into explosion of VIP protection costs
An IRR report alleges that the budget allocated to VIP Protection Services exploded from R353-million in 2008/2009 to R1.5-billion in 2018/2019.
In danger or not, all mayors may have bodyguards
Previously councils had to ask the South African Police Service for a threat and risk analysis before they were allowed to pay for mayoral bodyguards.
Bodyguards ‘used as KZN hitmen’
As a wall of steel secures ANC top brass, the probe into political killings hears explosive allegations
Zuma’s bodyguards act with ‘impunity’
A reporter has laid a criminal charge against the president’s protection unit after several incidents of aggressive behaviour from the unit.
Taxpayers fork out R886 000 for Malema’s guards
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema cost taxpayers more than R886 000 for police bodyguards, it emerged on Tuesday.
Security firms make killing from World Cup
As the Soccer World Cup nears, tourists and foreign businessmen spooked by South Africa’s crime rate are hiring bodyguards.