Acting police minister Firoz Cachalia said police inquiries provide a moment to reset SAPS
Mchunu and Masemola communicated via letters and were requested to align before meetings with ministers
Former police commissioner Riah Phiyega has denied ever meeting alleged crime boss Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala after explosive recordings played before the Madlanga commission
Latest testimony at parliament’s police inquiry adds to the number of officials not consulted by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu before disbanding the political killing task team
But police officials tell commission about cases of interference
Witness describes a clash between a KwaZulu-Natal-based task unit and a Gauteng-based Hawks unit
Latest testimony at parliament’s police inquiry adds to the number of officials not consulted by suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu before disbanding the political killing task team
Bheki Cele, who was police commissioner from 2009 until he was dismissed in 2011, criticised his successor Riah Phiyega’s handling of the 2012 tragedy
Cele said he had tried to meet his successor to discuss the issue after leaving office, but his calls went unanswered
Suspended minister defends his order to disband the task team
The deputy national commissioner said he doubts the authenticity of WhatsApp messages allegedly implicating him
The KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner told the Madlanga commission that people implicated in the scandal still hold senior post
South Africa needs to rethink its executive overload and trim the number of deputy ministers, saving R100 million a year
The lieutenant-general is adamant that delegating the recruitment and structuring of police to SAPS provincial offices is crucial to quality policing
Racist Renaldo Gouws slipped through the cracks of the DA’s vetting process
There will be no return to parliament for Bheki Cele and Thulas Nxesi on the slimmer ANC list
A lack of effective political leadership has contributed to the stagnation and decline of the South African Police Service
He said police were not properly trained and criminals were not scared of them because they worked together
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There have been seven police ministers over the past three decades and not one has cracked a decent crime busting grade
