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In a nutshell: The beleaguered SAPS Crime Intelligence, after being alerted by a “minister in the security cluster”, uncovered  a threat of “some magnitude” to the country’s “national security” just prior to the ANC’s 2017 elective conference at Nasrec. Another Zuma-dominated security actor, the State Security Agency (SSA), on the other hand, did a sweep and found no immediate threats and continued to monitor the conference until its conclusion on 19 December, with no major threats detected. These were two parallel security universes, one empty and other full of smoke, mirror...

Suzman Foundation’s application over McBride’s IPID contract dismissed News24 Wire 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) The judgment was handed down on Wednesday, long after McBride had moved on from his job as head of the Independent Police Investigative Directora...

Tina Joemat-Pettersson, chair of the police committee in parliament, is back in the spotlight in connection with irregular payments for state projects. Joemat-Pettersson is an ally of former president Jacob Zuma, who was at the centre of corruption allegations under his rule. Joemat-Pettersson is the former energy minister who pushed hard to implement the controversial R1 trillion nuclear deal with Russia. Recently, it emerged that she appears to be helping friends claim hundreds of millions of rands, in connection with the computer system that stores DNA samples and other important evidence ...

weekly newspaper. A massive battle between the country’s top police officers is boiling over. In the midst of this, cops are trying to tackle crime, some of which is furthered by their own colleagues, leaving ordinary people exceptionally vulnerable. Crime Intelligence officers are critical: they are meant to form an impenetrable barrier between the law-abiding residents of South Africa and local and global crooks. But what happens if these officers abuse their positions and, instead of seeing to it that criminals are caught, join their ranks? Well, suspicions and accusations in this realm ...

Writing to Sitole on 12 February 2021, Minister of Police Bheki Cele noted that in light of a scathing judgment by the Pretoria High Court on 13 January 2021, communication had been received “from the Presidency” with regard to the matter. “In respect of the recent High Court judgment in the matter between Vuma [Lieutenant-General Francinah Vuma] and others v IPID [the Independent Police Investigative Directorate], I have been requested by the Honourable President to respond to certain issues in respect of the judgment,” wrote Cele. Cele said he had not, “to date” been briefed by ...