Overview
- SAPS confirmed the suspension on Wednesday after an internal probe flagged suspicious Protection and Security Service finance transactions and led to a fraud case at Sunnyside police station.
- Investigators say the captain used the payment system to book out cash for himself by claiming it was for travel allowances for presidential close protectors.
- SAPS reports the protectors never received the money and that none of them are implicated in the case.
- National Commissioner Fannie Masemola praised the finance division for detecting the scheme and tasked the SAPS anti-corruption unit with the investigation.
- Daily Maverick earlier reported roughly R3 million in flagged payments, and the case unfolds during broader corruption probes that include arrests over the Medicare 24 tender.