Police Minister Bheki Cele disclosed that SAPS spent R42.6 million on petrol and diesel for vehicles operated by the VIP protection services in the past six years. Cele responded to parliamentary ...

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has revealed that nearly R2.5 billion could be spent on VIP protection services for the president and his Cabinet ministers in the 2026/2027 financial year. In a ...

ACTING Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia revealed the South African government spent R3.7 billion on VIP protection services in 2024/25, with costs projected to exceed R4 billion by 2026/27. ActionSA ...

MPs have opposed the allocation of R2bn for VIP protection services in minister of police Senzo Mchunu's 2024/25 budget. Mchunu tabled the R113.6bn budget on Tuesday in parliament. The protection and ...

In the wake of a shocking spending splurge on additional VIP protection by the City of Johannesburg (CoJ), Daily Maverick has learnt that a security risk assessment, which is a requirement for VIP ...

Civil rights organisation Action Society has joined the chorus of criticism for new Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s budget. Action Society, whose volunteers assist victims of crime when seeking justice ...

Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, has revealed that the South African government spent more than R3,7 billion on VIP and static protection services during the 2024/25 financial year. This ...

South African taxpayers have shouldered a staggering financial burden for VIP protection services provided to government officials over the past five years. Recent revelations from a parliamentary Q&A ...

ActionSA has once again called out what it believes to be excessive expenditure by the Government of National Unity (GNU), this time over protection services. Through parliamentary questions, it was ...