Top police officials either lack security clearance or have not applied, DA says
DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard says the security clearance of over 1‚300 crime intelligence employees has expired‚ and 6‚130 SAPS members have no clearance
Almost three-quarters of rank-and-file police crime intelligence staff do not have security clearance.According to DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard, this was disclosed in a presentation by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence Division to Parliament’s police portfolio committee on Wednesday."If Police Minister Fikile Mbalula does not tackle this crisis head on‚ South Africans will never feel safe in their homes and on the streets‚" she said in a statement issued on Thursday.The committee heard that three SAPS generals were denied security clearance, the clearance of a further 12 had expired and that 125 SAPS generals and brigadiers failed to apply for security clearance. The clearance of more than 1‚300 crime intelligence employees had expired‚ while a further 85 were denied clearance; and 6‚130 members had no clearance."This provides a harrowing reflection of the systemic failure in leadership of the police and [crime intelligence] in the country. It speaks to the d...
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