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KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. (@SAPoliceService/X)

Mkhwanazi: Crime intelligence never cleansed since 2011 Richard Mdluli slush fund scandal

The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner told the Madlanga commission that people implicated in the scandal still hold senior post

KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

MPs recommend an ad hoc parliament committee to investigate  Mkhwanazi’s allegations

A formal recommendation is expected to be tabled in the National Assembly next Wednesday

Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s president, shows the signed bill for National Health Insurance signed into law in Pretoria, South Africa, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024.  (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Ramaphosa signs a raft of laws to mixed reviews

Critics have commented that several of the myriad acts fall short as a response to the Zondo commission’s proposals to stem state capture

Number’s up: Alleged Cape Town gang leader Ralph Stanfield and his wife Nicole Johnson were arrested last year on charges of theft, robbery and fraud, but an acting police station commander’s behaviour suggests that gangs have succeeded in infiltrating some police structures.

Station commander investigated for links to crime kingpin

There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating police brutality after a man in Kensington, Cape Town, was allegedly dragged by a vehicle while handcuffed over the weekend.

Ipid investigates man being dragged by police van

Members attached to Kensington police in Cape Town are under investigation for alleged police brutality

Police Minister Bheki Cele. (Michele Spatari/AFP)

Mashatile was in VIP convoy, but not at scene of assault, says Cele

The deputy president’s convoy consisted of seven vehicles and only two pulled off, the police minister told parliament on Wednesday

Eight VIP Protection Unit members at the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on 24 July 2023. (Photo by Gallo Images / Papi Morake)

VIP assault accused granted R10 000 bail

The Randburg magistrate’s court ruled the state had a weak case against granting bail and postponed the matter to 27 September

Deputy President Paul Mashatile. Photo: (Morapedi Mashashe/Getty Images & Christopher)

Member of Paul Mashatile’s protection unit says state’s assault case against him is weak

Phineas Molefo Boshielo is one of eight officers accused of assaulting three military trainees on a Johannesburg highway

The policy prohibits consensual sexual intimacy in court buildings and discourages romantic relationships between members of the judiciary.

Members of Mashatile’s protection unit in court over ‘highway assault’

Eight police officers linked to deputy president face charges of assault, malicious damage to property and discharging a firearm near Fourways

Police Minister Bheki Cele. (Michele Spatari/AFP)

All eight SAPS members in VIP assault suspended

Police minister Bheki Cele has still not commented on the brutal beatings

National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola.

Quite concerning, Masemola says of VIP assault

The national police commissioner said protection service members needed to be ‘retrained’ and ‘talked to’

Mbalula: Don’t blame ANC for highway police brutality

The ANC secretary general said the country would ‘forever’ remember the VIP police protection unit assault

Deputy President Paul Mashatile. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Four VIP officers in assault video served with suspension notices

The South African National Defence Union said the victims have been told not to discuss the matter with the police while the Independent Police Investigative Directorate holds…

Deputy president, Paul Mashatile. File photo

VIP officers in assault video are part of Mashatile security detail

IPID has identified the victims of the beatings as military trainees

Fannie Masemola, the national police commissioner, has denied receiving financial gratification from businessman  Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s contract.

Ipid linked to corruption cover-up claims

An investigation into Mpumalanga’s police commissioner has allegedly been concealed

Negligent: An investigation has found that police protection was withdrawn shortly before Charl Kinnear, a senior officer in the police anti-gang unit in the Western Cape, was assassinated.(Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)

Kinnear killing: Police fail to act on Ipid recommendations

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate advised that disciplinary proceedings be instituted against police officials

Police have cut water and food supplies to the miners, insisting that they will not negotiate with ‘criminals

Do criminal syndicates operate in SAPS management?

Dismissed employees’ experiences suggest that there are illegal money-making activities within the police service

Competition: Police investigate taxi violence in Pretoria. The
fighting has resulted in 1 653 deaths in five years. Photo: Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images

Taxi violence: Bring back law and intelligence

Correcting historic faults, the minibus taxi industry must become regulated and stop overtrading

In an appeal posted on the party’s social media, EFF president Julius Malema called on supporters to donate online, saying that  “all peace-loving South Africans, revolutionaries from the African continent and the diaspora are implored to finance the revolution”. (Photo by Laird Forbes/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

The EFF is leading the war against gender-based violence

Party calls for special police unit to investigate officers accused of victimising GBV survivors

The search for diamonds along the West Coast is an unequal one. Photos: David Harrison

War for diamonds: An unequal battle

Illegal miners, who have been fighting to get mining permits, risk arrest and even death in confrontations between the police and security firms