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A suspected looter is fired upon with rubber bullets by Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department officers (EMPD) on patrol inide a flooded mall in Vosloorus, on July 13, 2021. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
ATHLENDA MATHE

Police are ‘unprepared’ to stem violence linked to planned protests

Corruption allegations against crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo have allegedly affected ‘operational work’

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read
Godfrey Mahwayi, Inbanathan Kistiah, Maanda Obert Nemutanzhela, Avendra Naidoo, Kgomotso Phahlane and Mankosana Agnes Makhele during their appearance at the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. (Photo: Hloni Mokoena/Daily Maverick)
ATHLENDA MATHE

Crooked crime cops culled

Three high-ranking police accused of using protesting students to defraud crime intelligence have finally been taken off the job

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
National director of public prosecutions Shamila Batohi. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Alaister Russell)
ANC

‘Political interference’ hinders NPA in R100m crime intelligence probe

The National Prosecuting Authority’s leaders have been accused of bowing to external pressures for the stalled arrest of police generals

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
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)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

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

  • Khaya Koko
8 min read