Masemola’s appointment as the country’s top cop comes amid allegations of meddling levelled against Police Minister Bheki Cele.
The ratio of private security members to citizens is 1:106, whereas that of police officers to citizens is 1:413
Minister’s ‘interference’ said to undermine SAPS’ restructuring and the filling of 160 000 posts
Sources have claimed that the minister is still yearning to be police commissioner and is usurping Khehla Sitole’s powers
Backlogs, booze, testicular cancer — all factors blamed for the apparent ineptitude or unwillingness to tackle a pandemic that is silently killing women all over the country.
