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 ...

The National Police Agency started searching for flaws in security plans drawn up at local level for the protection of dignitaries in response to the slaying six months ago of former Prime Minister ...

MPs have opposed the allocation of R2bn for VIP protection services in minister of police Senzo Mchunu's 2024/25 budget. Mchunu tabled the R113.6bn budget on Tuesday in parliament. The protection and ...

In 2025, the Tshwane council passed a motion to have all VIP protection officers in its metro police department paid a monthly allowance of R35,000 in lieu of overtime.

The City of Joburg says the current policy on VIP protection, which has sparked public outrage, was “irregularly” introduced during the reign of the Democratic Alliance (DA), with Herman Mashaba as ...

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 ...

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 ...

He wasn’t a serving PM, so security wasn’t top notch, just good enough. Standing in a traffic island giving a speech to 20 people…not a big threat. A 30 year review probably a good idea. Particularly ...