Mpumalanga police ordered to remove portraits of former commissioner

Acting Mpumalanga police commissioner Major General Dr Zeph Mkhwanazi has ordered the immediate removal of all photographs of suspended police chief Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela from all SAPS stations in the province. Read:Manamela asked to back SAPS corruption allegations with evidence Legal action delays fitness hearingIn June 2024, she was once again suspended. Since then, there has been a flurry of court actions after a panel was appointed to establish if she was fit to serve as a police commissioner.Her hearing was scheduled to start during the first week of May, but further legal action caused the case to be delayed once again.

Manamela’s contract as provincial commissioner ended at the end of June, and it remains unclear whether she has resigned from the police. Lowvelder attempted to obtain comment from Manamela, but she had not responded by the time of publication. Questions sent to Brigadier Athlenda Mathe were unanswered by the time of publication. Add The Citizen as a preferred source to see more from Lowvelder in Google News and Top Stories.