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The SAPS’ disciplinary system has all but collapsed, as is clear from statistics presented to Parliament last week. Instead of being used to clean out the rank and file, it is being used to address high-level conflict in the upper echelons, as evidenced by the dismissal of Major-General Jeremy Vearey and action against other senior figures embroiled in the conflict.
In an interview last Thursday with Leanne Manas on SABC’s Morning Live, Police Minister Bheki Cele was asked to respond to Viewfinder’s findings. He said that he did “not agree” with them. He said we had not provided evidence for our statistical claims and implied that we had not approached the police for their right of reply. “If you say police kill hundreds of people, and you leave that number there, you don’t put evidence on the table,” Cele said, before picking up on the point again later in the interview. “One other thing that I dispute, that I would like to get eviden...
A Mount Fletcher police officer, 29, has been arrested for allegedly shooting his girlfriend during an argument and lying about it to police investigators.
Bernadette Wicks The case dates back to January 2019, when McBride rushed to court after learning Police Minister Bheki Cele had decided not to renew his contract as Ipid chief. 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) Last month, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) threw out the Helen Suzman Foundation’s bid to void former Ind...
First, a labour court matter involving suspended Crime Intelligence head Peter Jacobs was postponed on Wednesday, 3 March, because police bosses were not ready to proceed. Then, Sitole and other top SAPS officials lost their bid to appeal a 13 January High Court ruling by Judge Norman Davis ordering the declassification of documents in the R45-million “Nasrec grabber” saga. “Rather than comply with their statutory duties as police officers willing to contribute to the investigation of crimes, they sought legal assistance and on this basis thwarted Ipid’s [Independent Police Investig...