SACP welcomes Scorpions merging with police
SABC News, South Africa - 3 hours ago
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has welcomed the announcement that the Scorpions, officially known as Directorate of Special Operations, …
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Scorpions to lose their sting
Citizen, South Africa - 6 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG – It’s official – the Scorpions are to be dismantled and merged with the police organised crime unit. Safety and Security Minister Charles … |
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Scorpions to be replaced – Nqakula
Sowetan, South Africa - 9 hours ago
Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula announced yesterday that the Scorpions would be disbanded and replaced by a new organised unit of the South … |
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Scorpions fight not over
iAfrica.com, South Africa - 6 hours ago
It appears increasingly likely that the fight over the location of the Scorpions will ultimately be decided by the country’s courts. … |
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Death knell for Scorpions
Independent Online, South Africa - 10 hours ago
By Angela Quintal President Thabo Mbeki survived opposition calls for his head in parliament on Tuesday, but it was a different story for the Scorpions, … |
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Fury over decision to scrap Scorpions
The Times, South Africa - 16 hours ago
The disbanding of elite crime-fighting unit the Scorpions yesterday drew stinging responses from opposition parties, with the DM describing the move as … |
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SAfrica’s Scorpions crime unit to disappear
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 12 Feb 2008
CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - South Africa’s elite Scorpions crimefighting unit will be dissolved, the security minister said on Tuesday, … |
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Interpreting Thabo Mbeki
Politicsweb, South Africa - 12 Feb 2008
In his State of the Nation Address on Friday President Thabo Mbeki quoted from the famous opening passage of a Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens which … |
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Scorpions have played key role, says Mbeki
Independent Online, South Africa - 10 Feb 2008
The “specialist nature” of the Scorpions might well be retained, wherever the unit is finally located, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday. … |
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Scorpions, police unit to form new body
Independent Online, South Africa - 12 Feb 2008
The Scorpions and the police’s organised crime fighting unit would be disbanded to form a “reconstructed” unit, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula … |
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Mbeki speaks out on Scorpions saga
SABC News, South Africa - 10 Feb 2008
While the status of the Scorpions is certain to change in the next few months, whether it will be dissolved or merely shifted to another different ministry … |
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No room for Kgalema?
Independent Online, South Africa - 10 Feb 2008
President Thabo Mbeki will not accommodate any of the ANC’s new guard in his cabinet, including party Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. … |
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Scorpions will be disbanded - Nqakula
The Times, South Africa - 12 Feb 2008
By Michael Hamlyn, I-Net Bridge Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula disclosed details of the government’s plans for the future of the Scorpions … |
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It’s official - Scorpions will go
The Times, South Africa - 12 Feb 2008
By Mpumelelo Mkhabela 12 February 2008, 16:01 GMT + 2 Saftey and Security Minister Charles Nqakula has just told Parliament few minutes ago that the … |
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Scorpions: Now it’s open season for the looters
The Times, South Africa - 15 hours ago
THE announcement yesterday by Safety and Security Minister, Charles Nqakula, that the Scorpions are to be scrapped and replaced by a “better” crime fighting … |
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Nqakula’s statement on the Scorpions
Politicsweb, South Africa - 16 hours ago
Organised crime, as you noted on Friday, Cde President, is a big problem. Drug peddling is part of organised crime; so fraud; trafficking in people; … |
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Mbeki backs DSO – Sunday Times
Politicsweb, South Africa - 11 Feb 2008
JOHANNESBURG (Sapa) - An intense battle over the future of the Scorpions is raging between the government and the ANC, the Sunday Times reported. … |
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Move to scrap SA Scorpions unit
BBC News, UK - 22 hours ago
South Africa’s security minister has tabled a proposal in parliament calling for the FBI-style Scorpions special investigations unit to be disbanded. … |
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SAfrica Dissolving Elite Anti-Crime Unit
The Associated Press - 18 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — The government is dissolving an elite graft-busting unit set up by prosecutors, the security minister announced Tuesday in … |
South Africa to dismantle anti-corruption agency: minister
Earthtimes, UK - 23 hours ago
Johannesburg - South Africa’s Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula on Tuesday announced plans to disband an elite FBI- style crime-fighting unit …
