Johannesburg – The state has set the ball rolling in its desperate bid to cut the public wage bill by giving workers aged between 55 and 60 until September to retire without pension penalties. Guidelines for applying for early retirement have been released to thousands of public servants. The Star has seen a copy of..
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Knowing that the brightest employees in the Government are White, so now the Government wants public servants to retire at 55, just another sly move to get rid of white people
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SAPD appoints criminals in the force, but obviously their salaries are not enough:- Families pay ‘ransom’ to Pretoria cops for the release of Bangladeshi migrants
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Five police officers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in two cases of human trafficking, kidnapping and extortion. National police spokesperson Brig Vishnu Naidoo said the first incident was on March 27. Ten Bangladeshi nationals who were being smuggled through Zimbabwe into SA were allegedly kidnapped on the N1 by four police members from..
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Award-winning author Dianne stabbed 14 times in Wynberg
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On Monday, 15 people gathered outside the Wynberg Magistrate Court to protest the bail hearing of the man accused of attacking 63-year-old Dianne Case.
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WATCH | Pretoria woman assaulted by two police officers and caught on camera
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A Pretoria West woman has filed a case of intimidation and assault with the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). This was after police were caught on camera assaulting, swearing and shoving the lady into the back of their van. Amber Jacobsz hopes justice will prevail. Jacobsz is a 40-year-old mechanic residing in Pretoria West. She..
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Criminals in ranks! – Gauteng SAPD officers, amongst truck hijacking suspects – What is becoming of the SAPD force one has to ask?
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Police officers, a Captain and Constable, are amongst the nine men that were arrested for truck hijacking in Boksburg in the early hours of Monday, 12 November 2018. Gauteng police management received with dismay, information that two police officers in full uniform and a marked police vehicle, were escorting a truck that was allegedly hijacked…
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Corruption in the South African police force are getting out of hand – 9 officers arrested on charges of corruption
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Nine policemen from Parow, in Cape Town, and a former employee of the police station were arrested on corruption charges early on Friday morning, Western Cape police said. The South African Police Service posted these pictures to their Facebook Page.
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SAPS promotions will cost taxpayers nearly R650 million – Sixteen of them are now dead, but that won’t be standing in the way of their police careers and six have already been fired from the SA Police
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(Citizen reports:) Some former ‘anti-apartheid soldiers’ who are now in line for handsome increased salaries weren’t even alive during apartheid. Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday revealed further damning evidence that proposed promotions for police officers who ostensibly fought in the struggle are highly questionable, given that so many of these officers in line for more..
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Worst is yet to come in SA! Police to promote MK, Apla freedom fighters to top rank, former MK and Apla members in the police service will then be officers
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The SA Police Service (SAPS) is planning to promote 37 former Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and Azanian People’s Liberation Army (Apla) freedom fighters to the top rank of General – a move that could see some of them skip as many as five ranks. According to police planning documents obtained by City Press’ sister publication, Rapport,..
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Disturbing how 800 firearms were lost or stolen from police officers, as well as 18 000 firearms from public sector that just disappeared into thin air
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It is quite alarming to find out that there is steady increase in the number of unlicensed firearms in circulation, as well as their use in violent crimes. On Monday, Francois Beukman, chairman of the parliamentary portfolio committee on police, expressed serious concerns about violent crimes committed with firearms that may have been unlicensed and..
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A total of 78 killers, 29 rapists fired from the South-African police force
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A total of 78 police officers have been fired for the past five years because they committed murder and 29 were fired after being convicted of rape, police minister Bheki Cele announced in response to a question in parliament. At that time, 1 172 lost their jobs because they committed serious crime. These include 18..
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SAPD officer found drunk, passed out and armed at Durban Mall
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Acting KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is keenly following a probe into the conduct of one of his officers who was found seemingly intoxicated at Durban’s Pavilion shopping centre. It is understood that the officer‚ of the Westville police station‚ was found asleep on the floor at the centre on Thursday last week. Pictures of..
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Police buildings are a safe haven … for criminals
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Police residences should be free from illegal activity. After all, it’s here where our men and women in blue – the law enforcement officers whose primary duty is to the protect people and property – live. But this is not the case in Durban, where police blocks of flats – which accommodate thousands of officers..
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Flying squad officers arrested for kidnapping‚ hijacking and armed robbery
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Three Germiston Flying Squad police officers are in custody after allegedly kidnapping‚ hijacking and robbing drivers of two vehicles in Krugersdorp West on Saturday.
Prince Ngobeni‚ Godfrey Manisha and Maphoko Masemola allegedly committed the crime on the Rustenburg road at about midday.
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3 500 uncertified police officers are still carrying and using their firearms
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Police and firearms should go hand in hand safely, right? Well, for thousands of officers it may go hand in hand, even if it’s not legally. The Democratic Alliance’s Shadow Deputy Minister of Police, Dianne Kohler Barnard, is bringing attention a reply from a parliamentary question asked to the Minister of Police The reply revealed..
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National firearms investigation – SAPS could be liable for crimes committed with stolen police guns
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Cape Town – Police are in a catch-22 situation involving a mammoth national firearms investigation, because if they link stolen police guns to shootings, they could be held liable for the crimes. Senior Western Cape policeman Major-General Jeremy Vearey, involved in the guns probe, outlines this dilemma in an affidavit. A booklet, written by one..
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