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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of a shocking spending splurge on additional VIP protection by the City of Johannesburg (CoJ), Daily Maverick has learnt that a security risk assessment, which is a requirement for VIP ...

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 ...

A report recently tabled to council shows this allowance would be paid to the officers whether they are sick or on leave. Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya ahead of delivering her first State of the Capital ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will examine the expenditure of VIP protection services, following a report by the Institute of Race Relations which calls the service "a complex and secretive machine that ...