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The Durban policeman who embarrassed the top brass after being
captured by video cameras allegedly shoplifting a bottle of Bells whisky in
full police uniform, will be hauled before a disciplinary committee,
KwaZulu-Natal provincial police said yesterday.
“Disciplinary action will be instituted against that particular member,” police spokesman Thulani Zwane, said. The policeman, who was arrested by security guards at a bottle store in Chatsworth, had already appeared in court. It is alleged that the officer entered the bottle store carrying a KFC container, and that he slipped the bottle of whisky into it. He then went to the counter and bought a packet of cigarettes but did not pay for the whisky. The incident is the latest in a series of criminal cases implicating policemen in the province. Last week two policemen separately appeared in the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court after being arrested for rape. One is accused of raping and molesting two of his daughters while the other is accused of raping a neighbour. Two weeks ago, Lieutenant-General Bethuel Mondli Zuma appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court, where he is facing drinking and driving charges. In September, National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega had to hastily withdraw a decision to appoint Zuma as Gauteng Police Commissioner after discovering that he had a pending criminal case against him which he had not disclosed to his bosses. In Durban, a metro police officer is facing disciplinary action after authorities were handed footage of him allegedly having sex with prostitutes while on duty. In yet another case implicating police officers, a Durban woman is suing police minister Nathi Mthethwa for R2.4 million following the death of her husband, taxi boss Bongani Mkhize, who was allegedly shot in Durban’s uMgeni Road four years ago by members of the Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit. Twenty-eight policemen from the Cato Manor unit have been charged with 116 counts, including 28 murders, including that of Mkhize. They have been accused of operating a death squad under suspended KZN Hawks boss General Johan Booysen, who was also charged. By Clive Ndou The Citizen 28/10/13 |
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Crimes of the South African Police Service
