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By Goitsemang Tlhabye 
8h ago
Pretoria: The Commissioner of the National Police, General Khehla Sitole, and the leadership of the South African Police have reiterated their position to continue to eradicate elements of corruption within their ranks following the removal of seven of their own members.
The management fired the seven members after they were tried departmentally and found guilty.
The list includes two brigade members, two colonels, a lieutenant colonel and two civilian employees on charges related to their alleged involvement in corrupt activities in connection with a R56 million car brand tender.
According to police spokesman Brigadier Vish Naidoo, the members were charged with multiple counts of fraud, corruption, theft, money laundering and are currently being criminally prosecuted.
Naidoo said the seven members were among 16 members who were arrested on June 4 during a pre-dawn operation by an Anti-Corruption Task Force created by Sitole in 2017.
Among those arrested were, according to Naidoo, a former lieutenant general, three brigade members, colonels, civil servants and six private citizens on the same charges.
The seven are Brigadier Jabez Naidoo from the KwaZulu-Natal’s Point Police Station and the former Chief of Supply Chain Management in the Western Cape, Brigadier Lesetja Mogotlane, Section Chief of Mechanical Services.
Along with Col. Thomas Marima, Vehicle Section and Tactical Team Commander, Lieutenant Col. Veeran Naipal, Member of Vehicle Support inside Pretoria Central Garage, and Lieutenant Col. Alpheus Makhetha, Vehicle Fleet Technical Expert.
In addition to Administration Clerk Jacoba Magadela Havenga assigned to the Western Cape New Vehicle Store Department and Marcell Marney, Chief Procurement Clerk to Brigadier James Ramanjulam.
“We will start corruption regardless of the rank or position that a member has within the service, they will not be immune from prosecutions both at the criminal and departmental level.”
“I continue to urge members to desist from any form of criminality or corruption, as such actions will only bring an abrupt end to one’s freedom and career,” Sitole added.
Pretoria News
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