Acting national police commissioner Lesetja Mothiba wants stronger action taken against police officers found to be trading with their employer‚ the SA Police Service (SAPS). Mothiba was responding to members of parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), who, on Tuesday, heard that 23 active police officers had traded with the SAPS in the financial year ending March 2016. One warrant officer’s company‚ Mzu Business Enterprise‚ won a contract worth R1‚552‚669‚ while another, owned by a constable, received a tender worth R543‚495. The lowest tender amount of R9‚729 went to Connex Travel, which lists former police commissioner Riah Phiyega as a board member. The auditor-general reported to Scopa last month that the SAPS has the highest number of civil servants doing business with the state among all government departments‚ a practice that has since become illegal. Under questioning by DA MP David Ross‚ Mothiba said tough action was required against police officers who ...
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