In the ongoing trial in the assault case involving Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection officers, Thursday and Friday, saw a second witness and victim of the assault take the stand after ...

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has revealed that nearly R2.5 billion could be spent on VIP protection services for the president and his Cabinet ministers in the 2026/2027 financial year. In a ...

The eight members of the police VIP protection unit seen in video footage of the assault on motorists on the N1 in Johannesburg have been suspended. National police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola ...

We must ask why most current Cabinet members and MECs need their blue lights. If they are in danger of assault or assassination it’s probably self-inflicted: the result of their involvement with the ...

Nearly R360 million in overtime has been paid by the South African Police Service (Saps) to members of the VIP protection unit over the past two years. This was disclosed in a written parliamentary ...

In the hustle and bustle of South African streets, an imposing cavalcade often cleaves through the traffic — tinted-window SUVs, sirens blaring, escorted by a flurry of police motorcycles. These are ...

One of the police VIP protection unit officers linked to an assault on the N1 earlier this month on Monday said the now-viral video depicting the incident was not a “true reflection” of events that ...

The National Police Agency started searching for flaws in security plans drawn up at local level for the protection of dignitaries in response to the slaying six months ago of former Prime Minister ...