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In February 2018, SAPS Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane, who was also former acting SAPS Commissioner, and his wife appeared in court on charges of fraud and corruption. [68] [69] [70] On 30 July 2020, Phahlane was dismissed from the police after three years on suspension. [71] The same day, he was found guilty of dishonest conduct. [71]
The first South African Special Forces unit, 1 Reconnaissance Commando, was established in the town of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province on 1 October 1972. On 1 January 1975, this unit was relocated to Durban, Natal, [8] where it continued its activities as the airborne specialist unit of the special forces.
The NIA was formed in 1994, the same year South Africa's first multi-racial elections were held. It was created to take over from the domestic intelligence segment of the then National Intelligence Service (NIS) with the foreign intelligence functions being taken over by the South African Secret Service (SASS).
Major General Jan-Kamas Brink 1954 1954 Major General Corrie I. Rademeyer 1960 1960 Lieutenant General Hendrik Jacobus du Plooy MVO: 1962 1962 Lieutenant General Johannes Martinus Keevy 1968 1968 General Johannes Petrus Gous 1971 1971 General G. J. Joubert SOO: 1973 1973 General Theodorus J. Crous 1975 1975 General Gert L. Prinsloo 1978 1978
The SAPS came to replace the Apartheid national police force, the South African Police in 1994. The Constitution of South Africa states that the SAPS' responsibilities are to prevent, combat and investigate crime; maintain and protect the public, their property and the overall security and safety of the Republic; uphold and enforce the law; and ...
The robbers took the employees of Nandos hostage. A gun-battle between the robbers and the SAPS took place during which two members of the SAPS were wounded. 19 members of the Special Task Force were deployed. During the release of the hostages, the three robbers were wounded and arrested. No members of the public were injured.
The Security Branch of the South African Police, established in 1947 as the Special Branch, [1] [2] was the security police apparatus of the apartheid state in South Africa. . From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was one of the three main state entities responsible for intelligence gathering, the others being the Bureau for State Security (later the National Intelligence Service) and the Military ...
Mthokozisi Selby Khumalo (born 11 April 1971) is a South African politician, civil servant and Pentecostal preacher of the Apostolic Faith Mission. He served in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2006, representing the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) until he defected to join the African National Congress (ANC) during the 2005 floor ...