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Despite increasing crime rates in South Africa, Deputy President Paul Mashatile on Thursday expressed his full confidence in police minister Bheki Cele, his deputy Cassell Mathale and national commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola.
Deputy Police Minister Cassell Mathale was responding to questions in the National Assembly about the VIP protection assault as part of the peace and security cluster.
Brigadier Jaap Burger was due to be questioned by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) as part of its ongoing probe into former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter’s claims of corruption, sabotage, and maladministration at the power utility.
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola told Parliament that the police were on the right track to bring those responsible for acts of sabotage and maladministration at Eskom to book.