KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi witnessed first hand the insidious way corruption has infiltrated the SAPS when he was part of a team that caught a police sergeant allegedly soliciting a bribe on Friday.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans the newly appointed police commissioner, Gen Sehlahle Fannie Masemola, is an experienced police officer with an outstanding track record.
Police minister Bheki Cele on Thursday took a dig at outgoing national commissioner Gen Khehla Sitole during a media briefing in Durban, emphasising he did not have a preferred candidate to replace Sitole, but whoever it was needed to be someone he could work with.
A man was bewildered when police minister Bheki Cele questioned him after he was arrested for allegedly being in possession of drugs worth almost R100,000 in Durban on Wednesday.
Former state security minister Ayanda Dlodlo on Tuesday refuted claims that her office provided no intelligence before and during the July 2021 unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
A detailed atmospheric impact report into the United Phosphorous Limited chemical warehouse disaster north of Durban in July last year has revealed some of the toxic chemicals to which thousands of KwaZulu-Natal residents were exposed.