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Sunday World reports that top police officers at the SAPS Tshwane Academy were unceremoniously removed from their posts after defying instruction to prepare grilled pork for Police Minister Bheki Cele’s lunch.
This after the cops argued that the facility was Halaal-accredited. The academy’s long-serving training commander Brigadier Paulus Mphenyeke and support services manager Colonel Freddie Bakker were redeployed with immediate effect to the national office by National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola for their recalcitrance. Mphenyeke and his team were given Cele’s menu three days in advance of his visit by his chief of staff Nonkululeko Phokane so they could have sufficient time to prepare the food. On the list of 25 menu items required for breakfast, lunch, and dessert, the word “compulsory” was written in bold letters next to the item “grilled pork”. Ahead of Cele’s meeting, the commanders at the academy voiced their disapproval of the pork order because the facility was Halaal accredited, which enabled SAPS to have a diverse pool of recruits to choose from. When Masemola arrived at the academy and found that the pork was not on the menu as demanded, he immediately removed the two senior cops from their posts. Mphenyeke was told that he would be expected to go write curricula for police training at the national office. Bakker, who had managed the academy’s more than R200-million procurement budget, will now be in charge of writing international memos. Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe this week said: “The SAPS does not discuss its internal matters, which include the transfer or redeployment of members, in the public domain.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Setumo Stone at Sunday World
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