SAPS staffing still below optimum levels

Newly trained police officers at a pass out parade in SAPS Academy Mthatha, 15 Aug 2025. Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says despite a modest increase in personnel numbers in the South African Police Service (SAPS) over the past three years, SAPS staffing remains far from achieving optimum levels. Cachalia says in a written Parliamentary reply…

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INFOGRAPHIC | Web of individuals implicated by Lt Gen Mkhwanazi

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi addressing the media in Durban, July 6, 2025. On Sunday, KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi made startling allegations during a special operational briefing in Durban, accusing senior police and government officials of deliberately dismantling the task team investigating political killings in the province. The KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner specifically…

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KZN health unions not pleased with Ramaphosa’s SONA measures

A hospital examination room with an x-ray machine. 2 minutes Health unions in KwaZulu-Natal have expressed dissatisfaction with the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) regarding the delivery of healthcare to all South Africans. In his address, President Ramaphosa highlighted that, once fully implemented, the National Health…

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Nkabinde Enquiry hears there was overwhelming evidence against Cato Manor Police Unit

Court gavel. Retired KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Moipone Noko has told the Nkabinde Enquiry, that former National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams was justified in authorising a racketeering certificate against former KZN Hawks Head Major General Johan Booysen. Booysen and members of the Cato Manor Police Unit were accused of operating…

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SATAWU says new leadership should address workers’ challenges

2 minutes The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) says its incoming leadership should develop a programme that will address the challenges faced by workers in the transport, security and cleaning services sectors. The union is holding its 6th National Congress in Bloemfontein, Free State. The three-day conference will discuss issues like the…

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