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Negligent: An investigation has found that police protection was withdrawn shortly before Charl Kinnear, a senior officer in the police anti-gang unit in the Western Cape, was assassinated.(Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)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

Cele in the crosshairs as internal police war hots up

The minister allegedly tried to influence procurement and appointments to key management posts, top cop tells Ramaphosa

Former police minister Bheki Cele. (Paul Botes)

Teflon Cele has survived decades of tender allegations

The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands

Build One South Africa (Bosa) has condemned the South African Police Service (SAPS) for what it describes as “dangerous negligence” after a revelation that less than 0.14% of police officers have been screened against the National Register for Sex Offenders (Photo by Gallo Images / Phill Magakoe)

We need to declare a state of emergency on policing

Never was the saying ‘Who will guard the guardians?’ more appropriate than at the present

To 2024? ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Ramaphosa: Reminded, lobbied and plotted against

A survey of March’s top online news articles suggests that municipalities, a new police commissioner and the ANC’s December elective conference were key issues facing the president

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Lieutenant General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola as the new police commissioner.  (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

How Masemola became police commissioner

Masemola’s appointment as the country’s top cop comes amid allegations of meddling levelled against Police Minister Bheki Cele.

President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Watch Live: Ramaphosa announces General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola as new National Commissioner of Police

The president will announce Khehla Sitole’s successor

Does the police service want to ‘silence’ corruption-fighting whistleblower Patricia Mashale? (Djmilic)

Does the police service want corruption-fighting whistleblower Patricia Mashale to ‘disappear’?

The senior administrator in the Free State police service has reported corruption, irregular appointments and promotions, as well as crimes involving guns to her line managers or…

National police commissioner Khehla Sitole has been shown the door.

Ramaphosa pulls trigger, fires police commissioner Sitole

National police commissioner Khehla Sitole, who’s had a tense standoff with police minister Bheki Cele, has been shown the door

Police ministry spokesperson Lirandzu Themba has previously conceded to the Mail & Guardian that the animosity between Bheki Cele and Khehla Sitole had undermined confidence in the police’s crime-fighting efforts.

Sitole slams Cele’s accusation of plot against him involving Malema

The national police commissioner said he met Malema in 2020, but only to discuss the EFF leader’s security

Uncertainty and dysfunction: The South African National Defence Force and South African Police Service in a joint operation. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Abuse of police funds and ANC infighting a boon for private security firms

The ratio of private security members to citizens is 1:106, whereas that of police officers to citizens is 1:413

South African National Defence Force soldiers and South Africa Police Services (SAPS) members line up in front of the Phoenix Police Station in Durban, on July 21, 2021. File photo by Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Hearings into July unrest expose dismal state of security cluster

As the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) concludes its first leg of the inquiry into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the testimonies have laid bare the…

Not briefed: Police Minister Bheki Cele (left) and police commissioner Khehla Sitole’s testimony at hearings into the July riots suggest monumental crime intelligence failures. (Jaco Marais/ Netwerk24/Gallo Images)

The security cluster remains the thorn in the ANC’s side

Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences

The feud between Police Minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner General Khehla Sitole has been long and arduous (Photo by Jaco Marais/Foto24/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Cele, Sitole beef continues at hearings into July’s unrest

The minister again accused the commissioner of being missing in action when the violence raged in KwaZulu-Natal

Gun barrels needed: Rangers from the Virunga National Park in the DRC. The park has contracted Truvelo to supply it with steel components to manufacture gun barrels. (Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images)

How security fell to pieces in July

KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi took no prisoners as he accused former defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula of perjury at hearings into the unrest

Police commissioner Khehla Sitole. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Police intelligence surprised by July unrest ‘modus operandi’

Minister of police only receives information from national commissioner that relates to him, commission hears

National police commissioner Khehla Sitole has been shown the door.

July unrest was designed to overwhelm police: Sitole

The suspended national police commissioner told the SAHRC it was the first time the country had seen unrest that began at a level aimed at debilitating the police’s available…

Whiffs of totalitarianism: Declassified documents show that the SAPS’s crime intelligence bought spy equipment to track and monitor #FeesMustFall students, and, what’s more, vastly overpaid for it. (Madelen Cronjé)

Top cop arrest blitz is imminent for R100m crime intelligence graft

SAPS top brass in sights for R100m security equipment corruption while spying on ANC and students

Major General Jeremy Vearey. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Dismissed cop Jeremy Vearey’s arbitration hearing nears its end

Vearey’s defence seeks advantage from suspension cloud hanging over police head Khehla Sitole

Policing receives the most complaints regarding corruption

Survey shows public trust in police is at record low

Afrobarometer reports that confidence in the police has halved over the last 10 years, with 73% of respondents saying they have little to no trust in the police