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No need to axe police minister, says ANC
The chair of the party’s subcommittee on peace and stability, Polly Boshielo, says it trusts and supports Cele, despite calls for him to be dismissed
Crime stats: spike in cop killings
Overall cases of murder have dropped slightly but killing of police has almost doubled over the past three months
Quite concerning, Masemola says of VIP assault
The national police commissioner said protection service members needed to be ‘retrained’ and ‘talked to’
Watch Live: Ramaphosa announces General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola as new National Commissioner of Police
The president will announce Khehla Sitole’s successor
Why it’s critical to appoint the right person as next police commissioner
Law enforcement cannot function adequately if its leadership structures are dysfunctional
Ramaphosa pulls trigger, fires police commissioner Sitole
National police commissioner Khehla Sitole, who’s had a tense standoff with police minister Bheki Cele, has been shown the door
How security fell to pieces in July
KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi took no prisoners as he accused former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula of perjury at hearings into the unrest
April-June 2021 crime states: Double-figure rise attributed to low levels during hard lockdown in 2020
The rise in crime levels is reduced to single-figures when compared with stats for 2019
Police bosses get their Covid-19 jabs as countrywide roll-out broadens
Police minister Bheki Cele and national commissioner Khehla Sitole receive their Covid-19 vaccines as inoculation starts for law enforcement