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Richard Shibiri was found guilty of misconduct that brought the SAPS into disrepute, including associating with known criminal Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Photo: Screenshot from proceedings
AD HOC COMMITTEE

SAPS head of organised crime Richard Shibiri axed

Shibiri was found guilty of misconduct that brought the SAPS into disrepute, including associating with known criminal Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
2 min read
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
BABITA DEOKARAN

Mchunu denies disbanding political killings task team to shield politicians

KZN Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has accused the minister of having ties to the criminal underworld

  • Lyse Comins
  • Des Erasmus
7 min read
Raid: South African Police Service members patrol the streets on the Cape Flats (above). The Democratic Alliance wants the Western Cape to take over policing responsibility from the national government.
ALAN WINDE

DA renews bid to control policing in Western Cape

The party has bristled at billionaire Johann Rupert’s remarks that the Cape Flats are the epicentre of South Africa’s violent crime problem

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
The labour court last week halted an attempt by the South African Police Service management to subject Major General Feroz Khan, its head of security and counter-intelligence, to an expeditious disciplinary process which could have led to his summary dismissal. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CRIME INTELLIGENCE

Labour court ruling throws light on internal battles in police crime intelligence unit

SAPS counter-intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan tells court he is being ‘persecuted for doing my job’

  • Paddy Harper
8 min read
Contest: The DA announced federal chairperson Zille as its mayoral candidate in Johannesburg. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
ARTICLE

Korner Talk: Helen and her Zille bros

Racist Renaldo Gouws slipped through the cracks of the DA’s vetting process

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read
Ian Cameron, one of the party’s “fresh faces”, with other candidates in the background, during a media briefing on Monday. Photo: @Our_DA/X
DA PARTY LIST ELECTIONS 2024

Democratic Alliance unveils 11 new candidates on election lists 

Party leader John Steenhuisen said no other political party had the diversity of candidates that the DA did

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read