Rich cop, poor cop: The glaring gap between the haves and the have-nots in the police force
Suspended senior police officers costing taxpayers millions of rands a year
Suspended senior police officers — including some declared unfit to hold public office, and others accused of murder and fraud are allowed to hang onto their jobs for years and draw salaries, costing taxpayers millions of rands a year. Suspended top cops rake in millions, while those in lower ranks live in squalor But newly appointed Police Minister Fikile Mbalula plans to put an end to the idle careers of dozens of officers on suspension by appointing their permanent replacements. Many of the suspended officers are hanging on come what may until they are eligible for retirement and entitled to pensions and other state benefits. National police commissioner Riah Phiyega and disgraced crime intelligence chief Richard Mdluli have to date cost taxpayers more than R15-million between them in salaries and other benefits since their suspensions. Phiyega, suspended in October 2015 on her full annual salary of R1.9-million, was in January declared unfit to hold office by the Claassen Commi...
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