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MPs slam Mchunu’s R114bn budget, citing SA’s murder stats and ‘celebrity treatment’ for politicians

Maverick News

MPs slam Mchunu’s R114bn budget, citing SA’s murder stats and ‘celebrity treatment’ for politicians

By Caryn Dolley

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

‘Traumatising, devastating and bad’ — transport minister describes N3 robbery to Parliament

South Africa

‘Traumatising, devastating and bad’ — transport minister describes N3 robbery to Parliament

By Velani Ludidi

Transport minister and her VIP protection unit robbed on N3

South Africa

Transport minister and her VIP protection unit robbed on N3

By Velani Ludidi

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

Who Moved My VIP Protection?

ZAPIRO

Who Moved My VIP Protection?

By Stephen Francis & Rico

Paul Mashatile VIP assault highlights police protection an expensive excuse for thuggery and vanity

South Africa

Paul Mashatile VIP assault highlights police protection an expensive excuse for thuggery and vanity

By Mark Heywood

Hushed up: Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina’s high-speed crash in ‘borrowed’ blue light car

South Africa

Hushed up: Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina’s high-speed crash in ‘borrowed’ blue light car

By Tabelo Timse for amaBhungane