Tag: Dianne Kohler Barnard
“Myriad” factors behind July 2021 riots – SAHRC
Three days of unrest, violence and looting in July 2021 cost South Africa 350 lives and saw the national economy bleed to the tune...
Political parties looking to improve rural security
President Cyril Ramaphosa is to be personally appraised of the worsening rural safety and security situation by letter and steps have been proposed to...
Stolen or lost police weapons
Police have either lost or had more than 2 500 firearms stolen over the past three financial years.
Democratic Alliance shadow police minister...
Ntlemeza is new Hawks boss
The police general who has been acting head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks), Major General Berning Mthandazo Ntlemeza...
DA highlights SA’s border security shortcomings
With government preparing legislation to establish the Border Management Agency (BMA) ahead of it becoming operational in 2017 it has again been...
Operation Fiela extension raises questions
Since the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) was authorised to assist police in initially preventing violent xenophobic attacks just over three months...
Police Ministry to appeal court ruling on National Key Points
The Police Ministry has lodged papers in the South Gauteng High Court challenging the ruling it should disclose the name of more...
National Police Commissioner’s medals questioned
Tongue firmly in cheek, but meaning every word, the Democratic Alliance's shadow police minister is willing to "bestow" a fifth medal on...
Police detective numbers questioned
A reply to a DA parliamentary question posed by Dianne Kohler Barnard has revealed there are 23 682 trained detectives in the...
Old police ammo still in circulation – and use
More than four million rounds of discontinued ammunition is still in circulation at the SA Police Service – this despite an instruction...
