âââ 11:49 Sun, 21 Feb 2021
Police Minister Bheki Cele has conceded that some police officers need to be trained to fully understand the seriousness of gender-based violence.
Cele, who intends to open a unit that will specifically deal with the crime, has sent out a strong warning to police officers that those subjecting victims of GBV to secondary trauma will face serious consequences.
Cele was speaking at the Buccleuch Interchange North of Johannesburg where Gauteng Premier David Makhura handed over 55 high-performance vehicles to the provincial police.
The vehicles will be used in the fight against priority crimes such as hijackings and robberies in Gauteng.
âââ 12:08 Sun, 21 Feb 2021
A senior police officer stationed in the Northern Cape has been placed on suspension for allegedly lying in giving reasons to suspend officers without pay.
Brigadier Adri Basson was suspended on Wednesday following a court order that set aside the suspensions he had instituted following a disciplinary hearing of 12 officers in November 2020.
Labour union Popcru approached the Labour Court following the suspensions and argued that Basson had misled the employer leading to the suspensions. The court ruled in their favour and the members suspension without pay was set aside.
In a complaint sent to the employer on 3 February by union representative Malose Seanego, the union detailed the brigadier s conduct, arguing that he ill-treated members. According to the union, on 13 November 2020, the charged employees received Notices to Appear before Basson on November 26 and 17, 2020.