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Steenhuisen’s R2.8m blue light SUVs spark backlash amid DA’s stance on VIP privileges

Maverick News

Steenhuisen’s R2.8m blue light SUVs spark backlash amid DA’s stance on VIP privileges

By Victoria O’Regan

SA’s blue-light spending spree on political VIPs ‘is jeopardising visible policing and crime-fighting'

South Africa

SA’s blue-light spending spree on political VIPs ‘is jeopardising visible policing and crime-fighting'

By Vincent Cruywagen

South Africans have guns pointed at their heads while politicians are given more VIP bodyguards

South Africa

South Africans have guns pointed at their heads while politicians are given more VIP bodyguards

By Sukasha Singh

SA Villain of the Year runners-up: Mamokgethi Phakeng, Mashatile’s blue-light brigade and Zunaid Moti

South Africa

SA Villain of the Year runners-up: Mamokgethi Phakeng, Mashatile’s blue-light brigade and Zunaid Moti

By Rebecca Davis

Mashatile’s VIP officers show their faces for the first time, as court postpones case for trial in May next year

Maverick News

Mashatile’s VIP officers show their faces for the first time, as court postpones case for trial in May next year

By Michelle Banda

Part 4: Police and security — moving away from elite pampering to actually fighting crime

Politics

Part 4: Police and security — moving away from elite pampering to actually fighting crime

By John Matisonn

Eight VIP protection officers suspended after Gauteng highway assault

South Africa

Eight VIP protection officers suspended after Gauteng highway assault

By Velani Ludidi

Very Important Mystery shrouds those men with boots and guns

South Africa

Very Important Mystery shrouds those men with boots and guns

By Shaun de Waal

Calls to rein in VIP convoys mount as charges filed against Mashatile’s protection unit

South Africa

Calls to rein in VIP convoys mount as charges filed against Mashatile’s protection unit

By Michelle Banda