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Bernadette Wicks Phiri yesterday indicated there were special measures being put in place for cases arising from the unrest, providing for them to be placed on a priority roll or a completely separate roll. Members of the SANDF and Saps can be seen carrying a stolen fridge found in Mamelodi after they searched residents homes for items possibly looted from Mams Mall during the riots and unrest on 14 July 2021, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles As the wave of violent looting and rioting that has been sweeping across parts of South Africa since last week finally begins to subside, the country’s already overburdened and under-resourced justice system is now faced with the mammoth task of bringing those involved in the anarchy to book. This could require a special court. In response to questions, justice department spokesperson Chrispin Phiri yesterday indicated a court to try these cases on a separate roll “may be established where this is necessary and expedient”. Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale, who yesterday appeared before the portfolio committee on police to brief...
Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Image The Portfolio Committee on Police is concerned about discipline in the police, with committee chairperson Tina Joemat-Pettersson likening the prevalence of torture and assault to that of the apartheid police. To boot, the police and Independent Police Investigative Directorate's (IPID) figures on disciplinary cases did not correspond. Police and IPID management appeared before the committee on Wednesday for a briefing on police discipline management and IPID's charges against police officers. Support independent journalism Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Subscribe
Jaco Marais, Gallo Images, Netwerk24 The DA proposed to cut funding from the police VIP protection unit and give it to visible policing. Visible policing was cut by R4 billion, but VIP protection received an increase. Police Minister Bheki Cele said the police's budget would decrease at an average annual rate of 0.8%. Cut funding from the police's VIP protection unit and give it to visible policing - this is the DA's recommendation as the thin blue line will get even thinner due to budget cuts. Police Minister Bheki Cele presented the police, civilian secretariat and Independent Police Investigative Directorate's (IPID) budgets to a virtual mini-plenary of the National Assembly on Thursday.
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HAWKS ON TRC CASES! Comments Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale at the handing over ceremony of the Hawks vehicles in Tshwane. Photo by Kgalalelo Tlhoaele. THE Hawks will investigate cases that came out of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 1996 to 2003. It will also go as far as investigating matters that happened during apartheid, such as that of Ahmed Timol. This was announced by Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale during the handover of cars to the Hawks in Silverton, east of Tshwane, yesterday. “The directorate has recruited former police officers to capacitate it,” he said. “It recruited officers to help investigate matters from the TRC, Venda Building Society and Steinhoff.”
Photo: Chante' Ho Hip NATIONAL NEWS - According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) social media page, as of 7 January, 14 police stations in Gauteng have been temporarily closed for decontamination as a member of staff at the stations had tested positive. In the past 30 days it was reported that Sandton Police Station was temporarily closed for decontamination on three separate occasions. National South Africa Police Service spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo confirmed that as of 31 December the police service confirmed more than 21 000 infections of members of which more than 19 000 have recovered, and 340 Covid-19-related deaths. In Gauteng, 3 436 officers tested positive for the novel virus.
Limpopo – 595 As of 31 December, the Covid-19-related death toll within SAPS is 336, while a further 337 SAPS members are currently recovering in hospital. Police Minister Bheki Cele wished the deputy minister and all SAPS members a speedy recovery. "I'm also sending the deepest condolences to all the members in blue who have succumbed to this killer virus. I hope these infections and deaths don't deter the remainder of the police service in forging ahead with the job at hand," Cele said. "However, I remain encouraged that 19 618 of us have recovered from Covid-19." Did you know you can comment on this article?