Zapiro - All Behind Us

Wednesday, 12 September 2018 [Zapiro Cartoons]( More from Daily Maverick [Crime stats from Hell – brought to you by years of instability, political pliancy and the SAPS’s internecine battles]( By Marianne Merten With an official murder rate of 57 South Africans killed every day – and murder is a yardstick for crime generally – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Tuesday did something politicians usually don’t: a straight admission that police had “dropped the ball”. That comes against the backdrop of the Cabinet security cluster of police, state security and defence not having meet for two years, and 250 vacancies in the Hawks, the elite investigating directorate. After too many years of neglect, and sometimes plain sabotage, the chickens are coming home to roost. [A year after Bell Pottinger’s demise, its toxic legacy lives on]( By Marianne Merten ANC MP Amos Masondo has been proposed to fill the vacant post of chair of Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) in a move that has raised eyebrows in opposition party circles. It’s one of the twists and turns at the national legislature where, with another three-week recess is coming up for MPs to electioneer. The pressure is on to deal with a chock-a-block in-tray. [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2018 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick First Thing subscriber list. Interested in advertising with us? [Click here](mailto:advertise@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=Advertising%20Query%3A%20First%20Thing%20mailers) to sign the pact. [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](