The protests and riots in Johannesburg and Pretoria highlight the gross incompetence of the national security cluster — the police and the intelligence sector.

The police have long been dysfunctional, the proof being the escalating crime rate and the lack of professional investigations. Having waste-of-time meetings and the usual appointment of committees to investigate means nothing will be done...

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