Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato has called for more transparency as to the current progress on the reintroduction of specialised drug and gang units, a month after police minister,Nathi Nhleko announced that the units would be re-established within SAPS. Within a Western Cape context, these units would[…]
Police in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip beat and arrested protesters on Wednesday at a youth rally in the north of the besieged coastal territory, an AFP correspondent said. More than 400 demonstrators gathered in Shujaiyeh, a neighborhood in eastern Gaza City that was razed during a July-August war between Hamas and[…]
Demonstrators and police clashed briefly in a second night of protests in the US city of Baltimore, where a curfew has been imposed to quell rioting triggered by the death of a black man in police custody. Police used tear gas canisters and pepper balls against at least 200 protesters[…]
Troops from the US national guard began rolling into Baltimore in armoured vehicles after violent clashes, looting and fires led city authorities to declare a week-long curfew banning people from the streets at night. At least 27 people were arrested after intense rioting broke out following the funeral service for[…]
Eastern Cape police confirmed on Sunday that the Sarah Baartman memorial at a centre of remembrance built in her honour in Hankey had been defaced. The incident happened at around 12:00 on Saturday, said Warrant Officer Gerda Swart. “The report was made by a community member who said he saw[…]
The current corruption case involving suspended Western Cape police commissioner Lieutenant General, Arno Lamoer marks yet another shameful scandal that is likely to further deter public perceptions of the South African Police Services (SAPS), according to a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). Lamoer and three of[…]
The SA Police Service is bleeding under current national commissioner Riah Phiyega, her predecessor Bheki Cele has said. “Reversals that are in the police are her [fault],” he told News24. “It’s reversals and lies.” Cele said, under Phiyega, more and more officers were leaving the police force. He was told[…]
Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega has annouced that Hawks head Anwa Dramat has resigned. National Police Minister Riah Phiyega made the announcement in Parliament this afternoon. Phiyega told Parliament Dramat and the police had reached a settlement. The full annoucement reads that Dramat had requested to leave the service after both[…]
An indictment by the State details the alleged web of corruption and racketeering involving senior Western Cape police officials – including Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer and a shady businessman from the citys northern suburbs. The 120 page document describes how Mohammed Saleem Dawjee and his son Mohamed Zameer, the[…]
Western Cape Police Commissioner Arno Lamoer and five others appeared in the Goodwood Magistrates Court on Friday on charges of corruption. The six face 109 counts, including corruption, fraud, money laundering and defeating the ends of justice. Included in the six were Lamoer, three senior cops, businessman Mohamed Salim Dawjee[…]
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