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Police get a resounding thumbs down from SA

27 Aug 2024, 11:17

South Africans have a problem with their police. This is a long-standing and well-documented situation, and Corruption Watch is just one organisation that has done extensive research and analysis in this area. Our police campaign ran for several years, and our online police tool Veza (a colloquial term for ‘reveal’ or ‘expose’) allows users to Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Mdluli will finally answer in court to corruption charges

12 Jun 2024, 12:08

Corruption Watch has followed the Richard Mdluli case almost since the day the organisation launched. For years Mdluli, the former head of police crime intelligence, had evaded justice relating to charges of, among others, murder, attempted murder, and assault, and in a separate case, of corruption, fraud, and money-laundering. The former head of police crime Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Growing WC extortion economy threatens the whole country

08 May 2024, 14:48

In November 2023 we reported on a new project by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), which would monitor crime activity in the Western Cape (WC) province, which struggles with crime like many other areas in the country. The first issue of the Western Cape Gang Monitor, released in October, was based on Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Time for a global strategy against organised crime

13 Feb 2024, 10:28

By Walter Kemp First published on GI-TOC Organised crime is moving up the international agenda. People and governments are becoming increasingly concerned about violence and instability associated with criminality. The recent crises in Haiti and Ecuador are cases in point. These are accompanied by a wide array of emerging threats from synthetic drugs to piracy Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

Eskom functioning in a “swamp of organised crime”: retired brigadier

16 Nov 2023, 12:51

The Eskom saga in its many forms has dominated much of the 2023 news cycle, as it has in years before. From Andre de Ruyter to organised crime, from the minister for electricity to load shedding, the lives of South Africans arguably revolve more around this one issue than any other – even corruption. In Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Compromised WC criminal justice system a boon for gangs

15 Nov 2023, 15:52

Image: GroundUp A year ago we reported that the Western Cape (WC) police ombud Oswald Reddy had been requested to investigate allegations that police members and gang members in the province were in cahoots. This followed a biting Western Cape High Court judgment in a case involving the 28s gang, delivered on 17 October 2022, Read more >

POLICY AND ADVOCACY

Have your say on the draft National Policing Policy by 30 November 2023

27 Oct 2023, 13:44

Submissions must be received by no later than 30 November 2023 The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service has published the Draft National Policing Policy (NPP), which is now open for comment from the public. Citizens have until 30 November to submit their comments. “This policy envisions that by 2030 South Africa enjoys a police service Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

MIA brigadier prompts intense Scopa discussion about safety and accountability

28 Jun 2023, 13:18

Police commissioner Fannie Masemola, deputy police minister Cassel Mathale, and Special Investigating Unit head Andy Mothibi met on 14 June to brief the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on the progress of SIU investigations into Eskom, arising from corruption and sabotage allegations made by former CEO Andre de Ruyter. Another police official, Brigadier Jap Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Saps wants your feedback on the service it offers

28 Feb 2023, 14:20

The South African Police Service is seeking public feedback on the services it offers. Go here to take part in the survey, titled Customer Satisfaction and Public Perception of the SAPS Effectiveness Survey. Dear Participant, The Component Research was commissioned by the South African Police Service (SAPS) to conduct a follow-up study to determine the Read more >