Wednesday 17 February 2021 - 6:24pm
eThekwini Metro police are in hot water following reports of widespread corruption and errant behaviour. eNCA s Mawande Kheswa reports. Courtesy of #DStv403
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eThekwini Metro Police are in hot water following reports of widespread corruption and errant behaviour.
The police have been accused of misconduct, ranging from the appointments of friends to the personal use of EMPD vehicles and even the release of impounded cars without payment.
A leaked forensic investigation report has detailed how EMPD officers have abused the city s fleet and how nepotism is rife within the metro police department.
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A trove of classified documents – the paper trail behind a slew of dubious police contracts, including those centred on allegations of a state-funded "plot" to swing the outcome of the African National Congress's (ANC's) Nasrec elective conference – remain a closely guarded secret. This nearly a month after the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled that police commissioner General Khehla Sitole must take "immediate steps" to strip away their secret status – and hand them over to police watchdog the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
A cloak-and-dagger meeting at the heart of an alleged plot to steal victory in the ANC's Nasrec elective conference has pitted top cop Khehla Sitole against Police Minister Bheki Cele, as the chasm between the pair grows.
Ipid probes officer for repeatedly ‘slapping’ blind woman in the face 16 February 2021 - 12:23 The blind woman was allegedly slapped when she asked her daughter to record what was happening in the house while police were arresting suspects. File photo. Image: Gareth Wilson
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating an assault case after a blind woman was allegedly repeatedly slapped across the face by a police officer in the Free State.
The incident happened while officers were effecting arrests at a house in Phuthaditjhaba on Sunday.
“It is alleged the officers were at the house to arrest two people,” Ipid spokesperson Ndileka Cola said on Tuesday.