Police minister Bheki Cele has appointed two high-ranking officials to form a team to investigate taxi violence in Port St Johns amid allegations that government officials and police were themselves involved in the taxi industry, while Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has appealed to the president to deploy the military.
South Africa’s elite Special Task Force (STF) members are leaving in droves to join private security companies where they can earn up to three times their salaries, often as protectors for high-risk businessmen and taxi bosses.
Private bodyguards armed to the teeth protecting high-risk individuals near schools, in restaurants, and other public places have Nelson Mandela Bay residents on edge.
Security firms, retailers, municipalities, a church and a renowned fashion designer are among thousands of employers exposed for not paying pension funds for their workers.
Security firms, retailers, municipalities, a church and a renowned fashion designer are among thousands of employers exposed for not paying pension funds for their workers.