Free speech at issue in top cop Jeremy Vearey s disciplinary case - experts
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Cape Town - As the fate of top cop Major-General Jeremy Vearey hangs in the balance over a string of Facebook posts, civil society has called the saga problematic as it raises issues of oppression and attacks on free speech.
Vearey was found on May 27 to have brought the name of the police into disrepute for eight Facebook posts between December 7, 2020 and February 25, 2021, which in some cases featured pictures of the national commissioner Khehla Sitole, and links to stories and documents.
In one such example on December 7, 2020, he posted a picture of the police national commissioner with a message that read “Good morning and how is the mind today? Lighting up the shadows.” A linked media report from the daily maverick.co.za Deep Dive: Sitole vs Jacobs”.
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Police Minister Bheki Cele sets the record straight about his relationship with National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole. Cele has reportedly asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene, as tensions between the two have been simmering for a while. Ronald Masinda has more. Courtesy #DStv403
CAPE TOWN - Police bosses must put their differences aside and focus on serving the people.
That s the opinion of some analysts who ve weighed in on the continuing butting of heads between Police Minister Bheki Cele and National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole.
Cele has reportedly asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene as tensions between the two have been simmering for a while.
Gay man killed on birthday in alleged Nyanga hate crime
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Cape Town â Yet another gay man has been murdered after being allegedly raped in a suspected hate crime in Nyanga.
Lonwabo Jackâs lifeless body was discovered in a pool of blood with stab wounds in Mau-mau, Nyanga East. The incident occured on the 22-year-oldâs birthday, according to the Lesbian Alliance Of South Africa (GLASA).
Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said: âA case of murder was opened for investigating after a body of a man was found stabbed in Pula Road, Nyanga. The circumstances surrounding this incident are being investigated by the police with no arrests yet. Allegations of rape form part of the investigation.â
This highly lucrative alternative economy began to bloom and spread in full during the 1980s when criminals and drug lords who cooperated with the state were allowed to flourish.
But there was a grander scheme – to numb resistance to state repression and to destabilise “troublesome” communities. At the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) it was revealed that Jackie Lonte, then leader and founder of the Americans, had worked with the deadly Civil Cooperation Bureau.
Today, several gang-ravaged areas on the Cape Flats are caught in a deadly turf war. In Mitchells Plain alone, six people were gunned down in two days in February 2021 in a feud between the 28s gang and rival splinter groups. It is a relentless battle for supremacy in the lucrative drug trade.