Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa is a South African businessman and politician who is serving as the fifth democratically elected president of South Africa. A former anti-apartheid activist,trade union leader,and businessman,Ramaphosa is also the president of the African National Congress (ANC).
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1,154 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provincial borders,and a Provincial Commissioner is appointed in each province. The nine Provincial Commissioners report directly to the National Commissioner. The head office is in the Wachthuis Building in Pretoria.
General Siphiwe Nyanda is a former South African military commander and politician. He was a member of uMkhonto we Sizwe and served as Chief of the South African National Defence Force from 1998 to 2005,Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2010 and was appointment as a board member of Denel in May 2018.
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is the revenue service of the South African government. It administers the country's tax system and customs service,and enforces compliance with related legislation. It is governed by the SARS Act 34 of 1997,which established it as "an organ of state within the public administration,but as an institution outside the public service." It thus has a significant degree of administrative autonomy,although it is under the policy control of the Minister of Finance. Effectively,SARS manages,administrates,and implements the tax regime as designed by the Minister and National Treasury.
Corruption in South Africa includes the improper use of public resources for private ends,including bribery and improper favouritism. Corruption was at its highest during the period of state capture under the presidency of Jacob Zuma and has remained widespread,negatively "affecting criminal justice,service provision,economic opportunity,social cohesion and political integrity" of South Africa.
Emmanuel Nkosinathi "Nathi" Mthethwa is a South African politician who served as Minister of Sports,Arts and Culture from 2019 until his demotion from cabinet in 2023. He had previously served as the Chief Whip for the African National Congress in the National Assembly in 2008,as Minister for Safety and Security from 2008 to 2014,and as Minister of Arts and Culture from 2014 to 2019. He is from Kwambonambi,KwaZulu-Natal.
Susan Shabangu is a South African politician who has been a member of parliament representing the African National Congress since May 1994. She previously held the position of Minister of Social Development. Prior to that,she served as the inaugural Minister of Women in the Presidency,created by President Jacob Zuma in May 2014. She was the Minister of Mineral Resources from 2009 to 2014.
Cassel Mathale is a South African politician who was the third Premier of Limpopo between March 2009 and July 2013. He is currently the Deputy Minister of Police in the South African government and before that was Deputy Minister of Small Business Development from February 2018 to May 2019.
The Constitution of South Africa protects all basic political freedoms. However,there have been many incidents of political repression,dating back to at least 2002,as well as threats of future repression in violation of this constitution leading some analysts,civil society organisations and popular movements to conclude that there is a new climate of political repression or a decline in political tolerance.
The Marikana massacre was the killing of thirty-four miners by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on 16 August 2012 during a six-week wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine at Marikana near Rustenburg in South Africa's North West province. The massacre constituted the most lethal use of force by South African security forces against civilians since the Soweto uprising in 1976 and has been compared to the 1960 Sharpeville massacre.
The National Intervention Unit (NIU) is part of the special operations element of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
The following lists events that happened during 2012 in South Africa.
The Khayelitsha Commission,also known as the O'Regan/Pikoli Commission,was a commission of inquiry appointed by Premier of the Western Cape Helen Zille to investigate allegations of police inefficiency in Khayelitsha and the breakdown in relations between the Khayelitsha community and the police. The commissioners are former Constitutional Court Justice Kate O'Regan and former National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli.
Chris Ngcobo was the acting head of Intelligence for the South African Police Service from 26 June 2012 to 22 October 2013.
Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer is a former Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner for the South African Police Service. He was suspended in 2015 after being arrested on charges of corruption. He was given a six year sentence for corruption whilst he was Provincial Police Commissioner.
Senzeni Zokwana is a South African politician. He is a former Member of Parliament and served until May 2019 as the Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries,having been appointed by President Jacob Zuma in May 2014. He previously served as the President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
2015 in South Africa saw a number of social and political protests and movements form. At President Jacob Zuma's 2015 State of the Nation Address,the president was interrupted by an opposition party,the Economic Freedom Fighters,who demanded that he pay back the money used on his Nkandla homestead. South Africa also saw new xenophobic uprisings taking place,mainly targeted towards Africans from other countries. Foreigners were beaten,robbed and murdered during the attacks. The social protest Rhodes Must Fall started in 2015 at the University of Cape Town to protest for the removal of statues erected in South Africa during the colonial era depicting some of the well known colonists who settled in South Africa. In education,South Africa recorded a drop in its matric pass rate from 2013 to 2014. The protest #FeesMustFall was started towards the end of the year and achieved its primary goal of stopping an increase in university fees for 2016. South Africa also saw the discovery of Homo naledi in 2015. The South African national rugby union team came third in the 2015 Rugby World Cup and Trevor Noah started hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
Khomotso Johannes Phahlane is the former acting National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS),serving from 15 October 2015 to 1 June 2017. He was appointed after the suspension of Riah Phiyega. He was previously head of the SAPS Forensic Service from 2012 to 2015.
Daluxolo Christopher Mpofu is a South African lawyer,politician,and former businessman who was the National Chairperson of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) from 2014 to 2019. He served on the Judicial Service Commission from 2017 to 2022 and formerly served as chief executive officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation from 2005 to 2009.
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture,Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State,better known as the Zondo Commission or State Capture Commission,is a public inquiry established in January 2018 by former President Jacob Zuma to investigate allegations of state capture,corruption,and fraud in the public sector in South Africa.
