SAPS BUDGET SPEECH MPs slam Mchunu’s R114bn budget, citing SA’s murder stats and ‘celebrity treatment’ for politicians 6 min 4 By Caryn Dolley
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY SA’s blue-light spending spree on political VIPs ‘is jeopardising visible policing and crime-fighting' 9 min 13 By Vincent Cruywagen
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR South Africans have guns pointed at their heads while politicians are given more VIP bodyguards 4 min 11 By Unknown Author
HIGHWAY ORDEAL ‘Traumatising, devastating and bad’ — transport minister describes N3 robbery to Parliament 3 min 54 By Velani Ludidi
BLUEPRINT FOR RECOVERY 2024 Part 4: Police and security — moving away from elite pampering to actually fighting crime 8 min 9 By John Matisonn
BLUE LIGHT BULLIES Eight VIP protection officers suspended after Gauteng highway assault 2 min 10 By Velani Ludidi
TUESDAY EDITORIAL Paul Mashatile VIP assault highlights police protection an expensive excuse for thuggery and vanity 5 min 44 By Mark Heywood
AMABHUNGANE Hushed up: Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina’s high-speed crash in ‘borrowed’ blue light car 6 min 36 By Tabelo Timse for amaBhungane
