Mkhwanazi orders disciplinary steps against SAPS member driving an unroadworthy state vehicle

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DURBAN - The Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has ordered that disciplinary steps be taken against a police officer who was captured on a viral video driving a marked police vehicle without the driver's door. Although the video only went viral on social media on Monday, the video was taken on Sunday, 1 June 2025. The police vehicle was involved in an accident in the Durban North policing precincts where it collided with a minibus taxi. The driver at the time of the accident was a female Warrant Officer who was trapped inside the vehicle, and the door had to be removed to rescue her. Without the door, although in a drivable condition, the vehicle should have been towed back to the police station. Instead of following prescribed procedures, another driver, also a Warrant Officer, drove the vehicle to the station, endangering his life and putting the name and the image of the South African Police Service into disrepute. Althoug...
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GRAPHIC: Police call on abuse victims at a Pretoria night club to come forward

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PRETORIA - The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola has directed the Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni to track and trace suspects who are alleged to have violently abused and assaulted a group of men at a popular nightclub in Pretoria. 

General Masemola is also calling on all victims who were subjected to the abuse and assault by the suspects to come forward and open a case at the Brooklyn police station which is in the jurisdiction of the said establishment or at any nearest police station, wherein the case will be later transferred to the Brooklyn police station. 

The police are at this stage looking at various offences that have been committed including assault, assault GBH, crimen injuria, and kidnapping. 

The actions depicted in the video also contravene the POPIA Act in which they displayed and distributed the faces and bodily features of the victims. 

Witnesses and those who have knowledge of the incident are also encouraged to come forward to assist police investigations.
General Masemola has described the incident depicted in the videos as inhumane, barbaric, unacceptable and degrading. 

The Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni has since instructed the District Commissioner of Tshwane, Major General Thine to conduct a site visit to the establishment to source more information and evidence. A compliance inspection of the establishment will also unfold. 
General Masemola assures the nation that the law will take its course and that the necessary resources will be deployed to assist in investigating this case and bringing the perpetrators thereof to justice.

Source: SAPS

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