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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Crimes of the South African Police Service

South African police are fat and sick: 76 percent of 53,000+ tested police members were fat and sick Polmed

Besides being 'fat and sick' other failures of the South African police also are increasingly noted by foreign diplomats.

For instance, the US State Department 's advice to diplomats noted that the South African Police Service often fail to intervene during the socalled “service delivery protests” -- which frequently spiral into looting of small, foreign-owned shops. Migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers who are perceived to be competing for jobs with South Africans are the primary targets of these attacks. Human rights groups note a strong ethnic and religious undertone to the attacks. Somalis, conspicuously Muslim in a majority Christian country, are frequently targeted. These attacks were increasingly violent and mainly occurred in South Africa’s largest townships. The government attributes the attacks to high unemployment; the official rate is 24 percent, but experts believe it is closer to 40 percent. Local law enforcement has shown hesitance in preventing looting and have been captured on video standing idly as shops are looted. As a result, foreigners working and living in urban areas feel helpless and are prone to resolve matters on their own, leading to further conflict and violence. "For example, in May 2013, a mob beat a Somali shop owner to death in Port Elizabeth. The act was caught on camera and posted to YouTube, showing the helpless man in the street as he was pelted with rocks. Eleven arrests were made, but not one was prosecuted successfully.

"For residential and commercial properties in affluent neighborhoods, the use of private security companies has become the norm for first response to a crime in progress. These private companies generally have one to two armed officers in response vehicles and are seen patrolling the neighborhoods throughout the day.

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“Cops Ignore Looters”

http://censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/3135

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South African Police Service Cops Steal Own Mariuana

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“Police Station Refused to Help White Man...with lynching Black Mob”

http://censorbugbear.org/farmitracker/reports/view/3135

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No Surprise there!

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Never Ask “What Next” with the South African Police Service

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Civilians Warn Not to Open Doors to the South African Police Service

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South Africa: Police Officers hire guns out for crime

21 August 2014

When the ANC took South Africa over, they quickly reorganised the once-respected South African Police (SAP) force into the South African Police Service (SAPS).

How apt, you might say, seeing as the majority of police in South Africa these days do indeed service the community - with guns for hire, selling them drugs and doing their part in self-service by joining in armed robberies.

Yes sirree Bob. They sure do provide a service. Maybe not the service they're supposed to provide, but then this is Africa, and South Africa has gone from a first world country just a short 20-years ago, and morphed into another typical failing African state.

Their military is a joke, the infrastructure is crumbling, the economy is going down the toilet, and the country is run by clueless cadres.

So, why shouldn't the police also join in the fun?

Hat tip: Nick A

Some Western Cape police officers have sided with gangsters and other criminals, provincial police commissioner Arno Lamoer said on Wednesday.

He told the Cape Town Press Club that 87 officers were arrested in the last financial year alone for corrupt activities such as selling drugs to gangsters and participating in armed robberies.

Of these, 20 had been dismissed. The rest were still involved in criminal procedures.

"We also know that some of our police officers hire their guns out to people to commit crimes," Lamoer said.

The department had registered all service firearms on a database to combat this trend.

Lamoer told reporters the province was afflicted by gang-related violence, substance abuse and illegal firearms.

The latest crime statistics released for the province showed a leap in drug-related crime between 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, from 70 588 reported cases to 77 069.

Illegal possession of firearms dropped slightly in the same period from 2 551 cases to 2 395 cases.

Gang-related crime was not indicated in national crime statistics.

Lamoer said the perceptions of communities were a more reliable indicator of crime than national statistics.

"I don't believe in decreases and increases of crime of more than 10% to 15%, to 30%, 40% because something must be seriously wrong in crime [statistics] for it to fluctuate that way," he said.

"We can celebrate the decreases in crime, but what difference does it make to a baby girl of 18 months who was raped? It doesn't make any sense."

He said the job of the police was to ask how they could go back to a community and change the perceptions of where they lived, or of the government that was tasked with protecting them.

Partnerships with various non-governmental organisations played a key role in keeping an ear to the ground and identifying victims, especially women and children.

Lamoer said these crimes were "sad and also very serious", with victims of sexual offences getting younger.

He said on Wednesday morning alone, he had heard of three girls, aged four, five and 10, who were raped in separate cases.

"It is with people that they know: their fathers, their step-fathers."

He said the police had "excellent partnerships" with non-governmental organisations such as Rape Crisis and The Pink Ladies, but more was needed to fight such crimes.

The partnership with the provincial social development department, for instance, was "not up to scratch" when it came to abuse.

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D-Day for Abrahams and colleagues

28 November 2016, 10:36am

Getrude Makhafola

National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams Picture: Nic Bothma/EPA

Johannesburg - Monday is the deadline for National Prosecutions Authority head Shaun Abrahams to make submissions to President Jacob Zuma and provide reasons why he should not be suspended following criticism over his handling of fraud charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Zuma wrote to Abrahams and the other NPA directors, head of the prosecuting authority’s priority crimes litigation unit Torie Pretorius and North Gauteng director of public prosecutions Sibongile Mzinyathi, two weeks ago asking them why they should not be suspended.

This was after a request by civil rights organisations Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) and Freedom Under Law (FUL) asking Zuma to suspend the top officials following Abrahams' U-turn on the criminal charges against Gordhan.

In the letter, Zuma said the HSF and FUL raised concerns with the manner in which the three advocates conducted the prosecution of Gordhan and former SA Revenue Services (SARS) bosses Visvanathan Pillay and Oupa Magashula. The prosecutions trio were given until November 28 to reply.

Last week, the North Gauteng High Court struck off the roll an urgent court application to compel Zuma to suspend Abrahams, Mzinyathi and Pretorius.

The application was brought by FUL and HSF and heard by a full bench of judges.

In the ruling, Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said there was nothing to suggest that Zuma was not considering the two organisation's request to provisionally suspend Abrahams and his two colleagues pending an inquiry into their fitness to hold office.

Following a letter to Zuma by the applicants in November 7, in which they asked him to act against the three officials, the president responded that he needed more time.

Within two days of receiving his answer, the applicants rushed to court, Mlambo said.

African News Agency

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/d-day-for-abrahams-and-colleagues-2093953

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Mbete upsets minister of police

19 October 2016, 9:59pm

CRAIG DODDS

Robert McBride

POLICE Minister Nathi Nhleko has lashed out at Speaker of Parliament Baleka Mbete over the handling of his request for head of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Robert McBride to face a disciplinary inquiry, exposing growing rifts in the ANC in the process.

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‘I’m angry at police for killing my daughter’

26 February 2016, 07:30am

Siyabonga Kalipa

cape town - 160225 - Phumeza Fudumele - mother of 2 shot dead - Zanele, another woman colleague, was apparently shot in the leg in Du Noon - by cops.

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Picture Cindy Waxa.Reporter Siya/Argus

Siyabonga Kalipa

Cape Town - “I’m angry at the police for killing my daughter.” Less than 24 hours after Nando’s worker Phumeza Fudumele was shot dead, her mother, Thozama Fudumele, spoke of her outrage at the police in the wake of her daughter’s killing.

Phumeza Fudumele, who worked at Nando’s in Sunningdale, was killed when police allegedly opened fire on a taxi transporting staff home in Dunoon on Wednesday night. Her colleague, known as Zanele, was wounded in the shootout.

Read more and see additional pics……………..

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/im-angry-at-police-for-killing-my-daughter-1990017

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Police blamed for late response to Inchanga killing

26 August 2016, 8:13pm

Giordano Stolley

22/08/2016 MEC of Community Safety and Liaison Xolisi Kaundu look at the houses that were burned at Ward 4 Harari, Inchanga, where roads are barricaded and residents threaten to take the law into their hands after two people were killed over the weekend. Police fired rubber bullets to yesterday to disperse residents who had rendered the area inaccessible. Picture: Motshwari Mofokeng

Durban - The police have been lambasted on Friday, for their slow reaction to the events that unfolded in Inchanga and led to the slaying of an African National Congress member.

The party's regional secretary Bheki Ntuli, speaking on Friday at a memorial service for Xolani Ngcobo who was killed in protests following the execution-style shooting of an SA Communist Party member, said that he would be approaching the province's Safety and Security MEC Mxolisi Kaunda to have the police officers at the Inchanga police station replaced.

Asked afterwards why he wanted the officers removed, he said: “The response from the SAPS is not convincing. They are supposed to be here as early as possible when the incident took place.”

“But they took far too long a time to come. And then when they were here, they didn't help in any way to assist the family. And the people that were suspected were still around, but the police didn't do anything to ensure that the culprits are arrested.”

About 300 African National Congress supporters packed out the Michael Gwala Hall in Inchanga amid a heavy police presence for the memorial service.

Several speakers addressed the crowd, including Ntuli, with the recurrent theme being that unity was needed in Ward 4. There was a heavy presence of eThekwini Metro Police and units from SA Police Service.

The ward has been divided between members of the ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) ever since the nomination for candidates to stand in the local government elections started last year. Earlier this year two people, including Philip Dlamini, were killed in the dispute.

Since then tensions have been high despite the visits of several high ranking SACP and ANC members to the area who have tried to heal the rift. SACP members claim they were blocked from participating in the branch nominations.

In the August 3, local government elections Petrus Nxumalo, an SACP member, stood as an independent and won the ward. Last Sunday evening, SACP member Nontsikelelo Blose, a witness to Dlamini's killing in January, was shot dead outside a Fredville tavern. The resulted in the rampage with several houses being torched and Ngcobo being killed on Monday. Blose's funeral is set to take place on Sunday.

African News Agency

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/police-blamed-for-late-response-to-inchanga-killing-2061570

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‘How can police just shoot at innocent people?’

15 March 2016, 07:36am

Siyabonga Kalipa

160314. Cape Town. Severely traumatised people walk across the parking area of Mcdonalds in Kuilsriver following a shooting incident in BLue Downs this morning. Police accidentally killed two innocent people during a shooting. Two people who works at a fast food chain store were killed in a taxi on Hindle Road after police mistaken the taxi they were traveling in for that of a taxi robbers were traveling in. Picture henk kruger

Cape Town - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is investigating yet another case in which police are alleged to have shot and killed two innocent people.

The latest shooting happened on Monday morning when a taxi transporting McDonald’s staff was reportedly shot at by police.

It’s the second such incident in which police officers were allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of innocent people in three weeks. Last month, it is believed police shot and killed a Nando’s staff member, wounding another who were on their way home from work.

Read: Two taxi passengers ‘killed by cops’

The brother of one of the victims of Monday’s incident in Kuils River said he was shocked by the police’s behaviour.

Xolani Skota, brother of Noxolo Skota who was shot and killed in the incident, said: “I don’t understand how police can just shoot at innocent people without warning. I am deeply hurt by this.”

He said his sister was saving to study graphic design.

“I spoke to her on Friday and I was supposed to visit her with my children. I will miss her.”

Ipid spokesman Robbie Raburabu said the police were allegedly following up on a robbery at a Caltex filling station in Kuils River.

“It is alleged that in pursuing a Quantum (minibus taxi in) which (there were occupants who) had committed a robbery, the occupants shot at the police and the police returned fire; another Quantum which is alleged to have been transporting staff of McDonald’s on their way home after their shift got in the way of the police, which made the police think that the two vehicles were together and then the McDonald’s staff were caught in the crossfire, resulting in two of the occupants being killed.

“Two of the alleged robbers were also killed in the other vehicle,” he said.

Police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andrè Traut said a robbery had taken place in the early hours of Monday morning at a petrol filling station in Kuils River.

He said two subsequent incidents occurred in which “four people were killed and three were injured”.

“These incidents are now subject to an Ipid investigation and this office will not be elaborating on the details at this stage.”

Raburabu said: “The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths is continuing, and in the Nando’s case our investigation is completed except that the other witnesses’ statements are still outstanding.”

Read: Nando’s workers ‘shot by police’

Also read: ‘I’m angry at police for killing my daughter’

Ipid refused to comment on whether the officers allegedly involved in last month’s shooting were still on duty, or whether they had been suspended.

Emergency Medical Services spokesman Robert Daniels said three men and one adult female were killed in the Mfuleni area on Monday morning.

Three of the injured people had been discharged, while the other three remained in a stable condition, he said.

McDonald’s SA issued a statement on Monday confirming the transport vehicle that members of its Kuils River crew had been travelling in, was shot at.

The chief executive of McDonald’s South Africa, Greg Solomon, said: “We are shocked, horrified and deeply saddened at the death of two of our valued employees and the injuries sustained by five others.”

Western Cape Community Safety MEC Dan Plato said he was “deeply concerned” about the incident.

“The details of the incident are concerning and I trust the Ipid are already busy with a thorough investigation.

“I am deeply concerned about what appears to be excessive use of force by the police where civilians are involved,” he said.

siyabonga.kalipa@inl.co.za

Cape Argus

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/how-can-police-just-shoot-at-innocent-people-1997804

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Cops’ handling of Cape mom and toddler probed

15 April 2016, 06:50am

Dominic Adriaanse

Tammy-Leigh. pic supplied

Cape Town - A young mother and her two-year-old child were bundled into a police van, detained in a holding cell and released without charge this week.

The police have launched an investigation of improper conduct into the actions of two officers, but the Booysen family say they are taking the matter to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).

Tammy-Leigh Booysen’s account, accompanied by photographs, of how she, her boyfriend, her sister Jade and her niece were treated by two Table View police offices has been shared 13 000 times on Facebook.

They were in a meter cab from the CBD to their house in Parklands on Wednesday when they were pulled over by two police officers. Tammy-Leigh says they were searched and one officer had his firearm drawn.

Their mother Amber said on Thursday that the police officers’ despicable behaviour needed to be exposed.

“They searched them, even their bags, and were asked questions that were irrelevant. My daughter Jade recognised the one officer from a previous encounter where she also experienced his unprofessional behaviour,” said Amber.

Jade and her two-year-old were put in the back of a police van.

“Tammy-Leigh’s boyfriend tried to remove my grandchild from the vehicle and the officer placed his gun against his side. Out of view of passers-by. Then they took Jade to the Table View police station,” said Booysen.

“I believe my children and I demand justice for my daughters and grandchild,” said Booysen.

Jade and the baby were in the holding cells for 15 minutes until she arrived, said Amber. No charges were made against her daughter and she was released.

“We have gotten legal representation and will lay civil and criminal charges and approach the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid),” Amber said.

Mitchells Plain cluster Community Police Forum chairperson Hanief Loonat said he knew of too many instances where police mistreated civilians instead of strengthening relationships with them.

“This behaviour must be exposed and I also posted on Facebook that they must approach Ipid,” said Loonat.

Hundreds of people commented on the post, many making unsavoury remarks and allegations against the police.

Police spokesperson André Traut said that the allegations made on social media against Table View police members is under investigation.

“Once the investigation has been concluded, this office will be in a position to respond,” said Traut.

dominic.adriaanse@inl.co.za

Cape Times

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cops-handling-of-cape-mom-and-toddler-probed-2009850

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Police van crush into Ouma's house

Published on May 23, 2016

A Cape flats grandmother got the fright of her life when she woke up to a speeding cop car crashing into her house. Felicity Shears spoke to the Daily Voice to share her experience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnDLazE4CY0

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Charges for ‘Toti workshop police’

7 June 2013, 2:44pm

YOGAS NAIR

Durban - The eight policemen who forcibly removed a colleague’s private vehicle from an eManzimtoti repair shop will be charged with intimidation and business robbery.

KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Mmamonnye Ngobeni confirmed yesterday that all eight policemen had been on duty at the time and had used state vehicles to commit the alleged offence.

“Their mere presence at Barry’s Auto Clinic intimidated Collen Ballard (the workshop manager) which enabled them to fulfil their actions,” a statement from Ngobeni reads.

Community Safety and Liaison MEC, Willies Mchunu, said yesterday that none of the policemen had been authorised by their commanders to give support or assist their colleague in retrieving his vehicle.

Ngobeni said the policemen who drove the vehicles had been identified as being from the uMlazi TRT and eManzimtoti police station. She confirmed a case of house-breaking of a business premises and intimidation was being investigated.

In a statement to police, a warrant officer admitted taking his vehicle for repairs to Barry’s Auto Clinic in December. He was quoted R25 000 for the repairs, which he said he accepted.

The work was completed in January and the policeman paid a deposit of R8 000.

He was then informed that a fee of R300 a day would be charged for storage, which he agreed to, but he said the workshop owner told him after 120 days that he was going to hand the matter over to his attorneys and sell the vehicle to recover his costs.

The policeman said he then paid the owner for repairs undertaken, but did not pay the storage fees.

The owner of the workshop, Barry Male, said the policeman owed him R39 000 in storage fees.

“He agreed to the payment arrangement but then he backtracked.” Male said he had proof that since January he had made 185 cellphone calls and eight landline calls to the policeman to tell him to fetch his vehicle.

He also sent him 16 SMSes.

Male said only after the Daily News highlighted the story on Monday did police management act on the incident.

“Now the MEC is involved too. I am really relieved. I hope this nightmare is over soon.”

He said two senior policemen had visited him yesterday to take statements.

A Lieutenant-Colonel Govender has been appointed to investigate the alleged misconduct in terms of the SAPS disciplinary regulations.

Mchunu called on Koekie Mbeki, the acting executive director of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, to also investigate the allegations.