STAFF REPORTER
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Tina Joemat-Peterson, requesting that she summon the South African Police Service (SAPS) VIP Protection Unit together with the leadership of the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) to appear before the committee.
This after recent revelations surrounding the theft of an estimated $4 million from the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Limpopo farm, Phala Phala.
“The Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, has admitted that the head of the SAPS Presidential Protection Unit, General Wally Rhoode, knew about the incident and therefore failed to fulfil his legal obligation to report the crime which occurred at the President’s farm. This is also evident from the lack of reporting in the police annual reports,” said Andrew Whitfield, DA Shadow Minister of Police.
“This is an unacceptable failure to uphold the highest standards of integrity to which the SAPS should be
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