Sunday Tribune reports that the Scottburgh Magistrate's Court last week sentenced a former senior police officer to six years for the 13 counts of sexual harassment he faced.
Lieutenant General Vivian Vivani Zuma, 54, was previously a station commander at the SA Police Service (SAPS) Umzinto, where his victims, two policewomen, opened sexual assault cases against him. Zuma, who was convicted in October, was deployed with the Port Shepstone’s SAPS cluster office before he left the force in December, marking an end to 34 years of service. The two women, one a constable and the other a sergeant, alleged that acts of sexually inappropriate conduct usually occurred behind a closed door. Zuma would apparently summon them to his office on separate occasions, and that was where the inappropriate touching, groping, grabbing, and making of sexually suggestive comments occurred. The alleged sexual harassment incidents occurred predominantly towards the latter part of 2018. Apart from criminal charges, Zuma was also previously subjected to the SAPS’ internal disciplinary processes, based on the victims' complaints. He was cleared of any wrongdoing in respect of the constable and was suspended for two months regarding the claims made by the sergeant.
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