The Independent Policing Union of South Africa (IPUSA) has called on the immediate suspension of Police General Khehla Sitole, pending the inquiry into his misconduct.“Policing in this country has been paralyzed due to National commissioner’s conduct. Discipline demands that he account to executive authority responsible for policing on behalf of the president,” General secretary Mpho…
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By Marianne Thamm (Source: Daily Maverick) First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. At least R200-million was spent procuring emergency PPE equipment from four SA companies, which appear to be brokers rather than suppliers or manufacturers and which do not appear on the SAPS supplier’s database. Two top cops assigned by Police Commissioner…
The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria has ordered the police to hand over several secret documents to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate. Picture: File
As part of an ongoing Safer Festive Season Operations, Detectives in the province arrested 333 suspects during suspect raiding operation held between Tuesday, 15 until the early hours of Wednesday, 16 December 2020. The suspects were arrested for various offences such as rape, assault with intent to do Grievous Bodily harm, (GBH) assault common, murder,…
LIMPOPO – Wisper Ndaweni (38) was found guilty for smuggling explosives and sentenced to 15 years direct imprisonment by the Musina Regional Court on 11 December 2020. On 26 July 2020, Beitbridge Border Post police were busy with their routine stop and search duties when they stopped a hearse that was coming from Zimbabwe and searched…
Police visibility continue to result in desired outcomes in the Nyanga policing precinct. Three firearms and rounds of ammunition were confiscated and suspects arrested during operations conducted in the area of Browns Farm Two suspects aged 23 are due in Athlone Magistrates’ Court today following their arrest on Sunday morning. The two were arrested on…
By Marianne Thamm (Source: Daily Maverick) A treasury directive to National Commissioner Khela Sitole appears to corroborate suspended Crime Intelligence Divisional Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Peter Jacobs’ defence that the Secret Services Account (SSA) was authorised to procure emergency PPE supplies during the Covid-19 lockdown. The note to Sitole, dated 23 June 2020 from Treasury Chief Director;…
By Marianne Thamm (Source: Daily Maverick) The suspension of the entire top chain of command of SAPS Crime Intelligence on Thursday, 10 December 2020, means the division now falls under deputy national commissioner: crime detection, Lieutenant-General Sindile Mfazi. Minister of police, Bheki Cele, has been pitted against SAPS national commissioner, Khehla Sitole, with regard to…
By Alex Mitchley (Source: News24) Johannesburg – The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court has sentenced former Crime Intelligence chief financial officer Major General Solomon Lazarus to 10 years imprisonment on corruption charges. Lazarus had been involved in acquiring cars for crime intelligence from Atlantis Motors, a service provider to the South African Police Service. He did this…
