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SAPS national commissioner Lieutenant-General Khehla Sitole

Turning Parliament into just another secure government installation betrays SA’s democracy

South Africa

Turning Parliament into just another secure government installation betrays SA’s democracy

By Marianne Merten

Crime stats from Hell – brought to you by years of instability, political pliancy and the SAPS’s internecine battles

South Africa

Crime stats from Hell – brought to you by years of instability, political pliancy and the SAPS’s internecine battles

By Marianne Merten

The war zone in a no-war zone as minister Cele admits police have dropped the ball

South Africa

The war zone in a no-war zone as minister Cele admits police have dropped the ball

By Marianne Merten