weekly newspaper.
A frosty standoff between the two figures in charge of South Africa’s police – National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole and Police Minister Bheki Cele – has become even more fraught with Cele this week saying Sitole’s “disregard” for him will not be tolerated.
On 4 May, Sitole announced four senior appointments in the SA Police Service during a meeting in Parliament.
But it turns out he went against Cele’s instructions, who has deemed the appointments irregular and invalid.
This has exposed even more bad blood within the police service, which has been rocked by factionalism as well as claims and counterclaims among officers.