National police commissioner Fannie Masemola has pleaded ignorance regarding reported allegations that he received a luxury bag from a supplier to the SAPS and did not declare the gift.
The state has detailed how crime intelligence bosses allegedly deviated from normal tendering processes to award information technology tenders to companies that pretended to be competing against each other.
Only three media houses, all electronic, have been allowed to cover the bail application by former national police commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane and his five co-accused in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court.
A R53m splurge by Crime Intelligence on spyware to allegedly intercept Cyril Ramaphosa's e-mails in 2017 has the police minister seeking to suspend the police commissioner.