Tag: blue light brigade
SAPS disciplinary system unlikely to sanction police brutality
A new Institute for Security Studies (ISS) analysis shows that police face little chance of being sanctioned internally by the South African Police Service...
Mashatile’s VIP protection officers acquitted by Police, sparking outrage
Eight members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP Protection Unit, who were filmed assaulting civilians on Johannesburg’s N1 highway in July 2023, have been...
ISS: Elite unit brutality reflects widespread police impunity in SA
The assault on three occupants of a vehicle by Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) security officers assigned to Deputy President Paul Mashatile has sparked widespread...
Eight police officers implicated in N1 assault case suspended
All eight police officers that were involved in the N1 assault case have been suspended in terms of the South African Police Service (SAPS)...
Eight SAPS VIP protection members served with suspension notices
National Police Commissioner, General Fanie Masemola, has confirmed that eight members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) implicated in the video which shows...
Soldiers were victims of Presidential protection police attack
Three men reportedly thuggishly assaulted by police assigned presidential protection duties are, according to South Africa’s largest military trade union, all currently on the...
