South Africa:   President Must Widen Terms of Reference for Phiyega Inquiry

DA, 12 November 2015

President Zuma must now widen the terms of reference of the inquiry into suspended National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, given the damning findings of the Ministerial… Read more »

South Africa:   Task Teams to Deal With Police Reference Group Recommendations

SAnews.gov.za, 12 November 2015

Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has proposed that three task teams be set up to deal with the findings of the Reference Group which he formed to probe numerous complaints of… Read more »

South Africa:   Politics and Police in a Time of Protest

Daily Maverick, 12 November 2015

The SAPS is a central player on the front line of politics, but as it continues to lack of leadership and sees ongoing reports of brutality, not much seems to have changed since… Read more »

South Africa:   MPs Want Police Commissioners to Face Inquiry Over Phiyega Support

News24Wire, 11 November 2015

Parliament's police committee wants a board of inquiry to be established to look into the actions of provincial and divisional commissioners, who openly declared their support for… Read more »

South Africa:   Confidential Documents Missing After Workers Disrupt Police Committee

News24Wire, 11 November 2015

Members of Parliament and the deputy minister of police have condemned the "disappearance" of documents during the sitting of a committee on Wednesday. Read more »

South Africa:   Report of Plot to Destroy Phiyega Rivals 'Strange' - Nhleko

News24Wire, 1 November 2015

Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has described a report that former national police spokesperson Solomon Makgale and other senior officers plotted to destroy perceived opponents of… Read more »

South Africa:   Police Commissioners 'Threatened' Zuma By Supporting Phiyega - FF Plus

News24Wire, 28 October 2015

By issuing a statement in support of suspended police National Commissioner Riah Phiyega, the Board of Commissioners had threatened the president. Read more »

South Africa:   Statement of Support for Phiyega Continues to Haunt Top Cops

News24Wire, 28 October 2015

It is quite clear that there are some serious problems of governance in the South African Police Service leadership, Parliament's police committee agreed on Wednesday. Read more »

South Africa:   Nene Rejects Public Order Police Budget Request

News24Wire, 20 October 2015

A request for an extra R3bn for the Public Order Police has been turned down. Read more »

South Africa:   Phiyega Chided Police Leadership for 'Cowering Under Tables', Minutes Reveal

News24Wire, 16 October 2015

Suspended national commissioner Riah Phiyega told the SAPS Board of Commissioners at a meeting in July that their "silence was deafening" and that they were "cowering under the… Read more »

South Africa:   Plan to Support Phiyega 'Like Immaculate Conception'

News24Wire, 16 October 2015

An emotional KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner could not hold back tears as she faced a hostile grilling from Members of Parliament on Friday. Read more »

South Africa:   Acting Police Commissioner Must Restore the Integrity of SAPS

DA, 16 October 2015

The suspension of Riah Phiyega has put the spotlight on the urgent need for the new Acting Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane, to refocus the priorities of… Read more »