Posts tagged with 'SAPS'

 

Minister of Police must pay R300,000 plus interest for wrongful, unlawful arrest

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The Constitutional Court ordered that the Minister of Police pay R300,000 plus interest since 2012 to Brian de Klerk for an unlawful, illegal, arrest.

A person has complained to De Klerk even though he had punched the complainant and was therefore injured, and the police decided to arrest De Klerk on the strength of it.

The law stipulates that a person must appear in court within 48 hours, but De Klerk has been in custody longer without being given the opportunity to state his case.

He was also not given the opportunity to apply for bail upon his first appearance in court, and had to return to the cells.

After the events, he decided to sue the Minister of Police, and the judge gave him the opportunity to state his case, and then ordered the police to show up.

 

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SAPS members are involved in Pretoria drug trade, says Tshwane MMC

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PRETORIA – Tshwane MMC for community safety and emergency services Karen Meyer on Monday said she had received reports and footage showing that members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) are involved in drug dealing.

Meyer also lambasted the SAPS officers for allegedly preventing Tshwane Emergency Services personnel from dousing flames on buildings alleged drug peddlers were inhabiting.

Community members, mainly taxi drivers, on Monday assaulted suspects who had been arrested by police officers, before setting their premises on fire.

“Tshwane Emergency Services personnel were prevented by the crowds from accessing and treating the alleged drug peddlers, but they were also prevented from doing so by the SAPS to extinguish the fire.

“Although it was a volatile situation, they should protect the emergency services to fulfill their tasks. This was also the case during the events earlier this month elsewhere in the CB
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These are the 30 most crime-ridden areas in South Africa, based on crimes reported

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The South African Police Service (SAPS) has released its crime stats for the 2018/19 period, outlining which areas in the country have recorded the most crime in the past year. The stats cover 21 crime categories – 17 of which are reported by the public, and four of which are as a result of police..
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Watch Video: Racist Police officer refuses to serve a white Afrikaans member of the public

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This black policeman in Welkom, Free State, South Africa, refuses to serve a white Afrikaans member of the public because he speaks Afrikaans, an official language of the Republic of South Africa, which ludicrously has 11 official languages, making it institutionally genocidal…

 

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waWL6MyzWAo

 

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Are the police actually protecting and serving us? – Couple attacked by panga wielding terrorist, police uninterested and hesitant to investigate incident

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On 18 January 2019, at about 03:15 the home of Louis Kirton was broken into in Humansdorp, at the ‘STOP N STAY’.

Kriton’s wife was surprised by the attacker and assaulted, she screamed for help and her 55 year old husband responded quickly. The attacker chopped at Louis with a panga. The panga split his arm open and broke the bones, Louis also suffered an open gash on his forehead that caused a fracture to his skull.

The attacker then fled with cell phones, laptop and food supplies. Humansdorp SAPS were contacted and arrived half an hour later and told Louis that when he is out of hospital that he should go and make a case. The whole house was full of blood and they told the residents to clean it up. They then climbed into their bakkie and drove away without investigating matter, looking around for suspects in the area or putting a guard there at the crime scene.

The ambulance took Louis to a Humansdorp hospital where he was immediatel
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Image went viral where woman casually wears SAPS uniform while doing groceries at a retail outlet – what a humiliation to the SAPS

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An unidentified woman was pictured recently wearing the South African Police Service (SAPS) uniform in a casual way.

Twitter parody account @AdvBarryRoux shared the image earlier today. It’s unclear where it was taken. The had untucked her shirt, pulled the bottom of her pants up above her ankles, and wore sandals. She appeared to be doing her groceries at a retail outlet.

The image went viral, receiving more than 160 replies and 300 likes so far. It was also retweeted close to 160 times. Most social media users expressed disapproval at how the woman had turned the uniform into a casual outfit.

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