In a nutshell:
The beleaguered SAPS Crime Intelligence, after being alerted by a “minister in the security cluster”, uncovered a threat of “some magnitude” to the country’s “national security” just prior to the ANC’s 2017 elective conference at Nasrec.
Another Zuma-dominated security actor, the State Security Agency (SSA), on the other hand, did a sweep and found no immediate threats and continued to monitor the conference until its conclusion on 19 December, with no major threats detected.
These were two parallel security universes, one empty and other full of smoke, mirrors, electromagnetic blankets and the R45-million “Nasrec grabber solution”.
Suzman Foundation’s application over McBride’s IPID contract dismissed News24 Wire
File picture. Robert McBride former head of Ipid testifies at the Zondo Commission of inquiry in Parktown Johannesburg. (Picture by Gallo Images/Netwerk24/Felix Dlangamandla) The judgment was handed down on Wednesday, long after McBride had moved on from his job as head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate.
“This is a peculiar appeal,” wrote judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal in dismissing an application by the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) over former IPID head Robert McBride’s contract.
The judges also found the application by the foundation regarding the reinstatement of McBride to be “illogical”.
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Cop nabbed in sting operation after allegedly demanding R100 bribe
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Pretoria - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) said a police officer was to appear in court after he set up an unauthorised roadblock in Johannesburg and demanded R100 from an undercover law-enforcement agent.
The officer was later arrested in a sting operation.
Ipid national spokesperson Ndileka Cola said the operation comprised the Ipid, the SAPS Anti-Corruption Unit and National Traffic Anti-Corruption (Unit).
The 56-year-old captain from the SAPS Johannesburg Public Order Policing was arrested for corruption at Observatory on Monday, Cola said.
“The captain, who was the shift commander, conducted an unauthorised roadblock with his members at Observatory Street and Steyn Street. He stopped an undercover vehicle, demanded a driving licence which the agent didn’t produce. The captain demanded a bribe of R100 and entrapment cash was handed over to him.”
Police Corruption Latest: SAPS captain arrested for bribery
An SAPS captain and a traffic officer have been arrested in two separate police corruption stings after attempting to solicit bribes.
Two law enforcement officers have appeared in court after they were arrested during a police sting operation over the Easter weekend the Independent Police Investigative Directorate said on Tuesday.
IPID national spokesperson Ndileka Cola said the joint sting operation of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, the SAPS Anti-Corruption and National Traffic Anti-Corruption had led to the arrest of a 56-year-old captain from the SAPS Johannesburg Public Order Policing for Corruption in Observatory Street in Johannesburg on Monday