The Police Chief's Side Step..

Finding a South African Police Commissioner has been an uphill battle in South Africa...all have been political appointments and all have turned up full of dirt. Drum roll....the first female police commissioner is appointed with all the blah blah and promises that comes with the historic appointment and the top post. For a while, we thought we could have smiled....and then, the curse struck...

It turns out that Newly appointed Police Commissiner General Riah Phiyega was a director of a company called Lefatshe Technologies. On the face of it, there appears to be nothing wrong with this. However, things are never so simple. The sting comes when we find out that Phiyega resigned as director a few days before she headed a probe into the company for fraud and corruption. 

She sees this as no problem, as she resigned before heading the probe....

For the record- the probe found against the company and the CEO and several top managers dismissed. A bullet well dodged on the general's side?

Further to this, she is also linked to a company, Kapela Capital, which owns 40% share of XON, which company supplies the SAPS with IT equipment. 

Once again a politician is appointed a Top Cop to protect our president and once again, there are skeletons in the closet. If the government were serious about fighting crime, they would appoint a career police person, who had the experience in the force and who did not have shadows they had to hide.