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A court judgment warning that 28s gangsters had infiltrated the Western Cape’s police management has led to the SAPS again investigating its own members.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Fannie Masemola as South Africa’s new national police commissioner. This is after Khehla Sitole left the hot seat after nearly five years, a period marred by excessive infighting and scandals that further tarnished the South African Police Service.

Ramaphosa appointed a selection panel that included Bheki Cele and Angie Motshekga to help him select a suitable candidate.

The DA has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa asking him to instruct Police Minister Bheki Cele to withdraw his request to the current National Police Commissioner, General Khehla Sitole, to provide him with handover reports on active police investigations. No politician, including President Ramaphosa, should receive any information on active SAPS investigations. This follows media reports that Minister Cele has written to General Sitole requesting a comprehensive handover report including “major and high-profile cases”.

Over three days, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed new people to top jobs in the security set-up, further separating his government from Jacob Zuma’s. How will this affect crimefighting?