Johannesburg – The Department of Police wasted more than R45 million in one year on meals and accommodation alone, while racking up R150m in irregular and wasteful expenditure over five years, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has revealed.
Most, if not all, the fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure happened under former police minister Nathi Mthethwa, who is now minister of arts and culture.
Nhleko’s comments came as news emerged that 70 police officers had been dismissed in the past six months for corruption, attempted murder, armed robbery, defeating the ends of justice, assault and other charges in Gauteng alone.
In April, it was revealed that 173 police officers in KwaZulu-Natal had criminal pasts, including rape and murder, and would be fired…
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