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Western Cape Police Commissioner may face criminal & racketeering charges
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Sl8er
Executive Member
Business as usual....
LazyLion
King of de Jungle
He's just following Jackie Selebi's example...
grok
Honorary Master
Up the ladder all the way to Zuma.
atomcrusher
Expert Member
... and probably in R10,000 suit and driving a R1-million car
Grant
Honorary Master
i have as well , share he same opinion
but jacob zuma is also the most affable person and charming person to meet
MickeyD
RIP
Dawjee's 'dodgy dealings' with Lamoer and co
Cape Town - An indictment by the State details the alleged web of corruption and racketeering involving senior Western Cape police officials - including Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer – and a shady businessman from the city’s northern suburbs.
The 120 page document describes how Mohammed Saleem Dawjee and his son Mohamed Zameer, the owners of two vehicle fitment centres in Goodwood and Parow, Cape Town, not only allegedly bribed Lamoer, police officers Brigadier Kolindren Govender, his wife Brigadier Sharon Govender and Brigadier Darius van der Ross, but used them at various points in attempts to bribe other police officers.
The bribes, or “gratifications” as it’s called in the State’s papers, are said to have started in November 2011 and involve 43 payments that saw the four officers pocket about R1.63m in total.
The bribes were given in the form of cash, payment for cars rented and bought by Lamoer and the Govenders and their family members, payment for Lamoer’s guest house accommodation and clothing store accounts, among other things.
Dawjee denies having a corrupt relationship with Lamoer, who he regards as a long-time friend but admits that he made a R20 000 payment into the top cop’s bank account for his daughter’s wedding.
They both live in Plattekloof, Cape Town.
In one instance in 2011, Dawjee is accused of offering a R5 000 bribe to a warrant officer to agree to get a court to set bail for a friend of his.
Another time February 2013, Dawjee allegedly offered a BMW and other cars to an officer.
The businessman also allegedly tried to get bribe Western Cape Hawks head, General Yolisa Matakata, with a mere R1 000 after he found out about the unit’s investigation into his and Lamoer’s dealings.
According to a Sunday Times report in November 2013, Dawjee was known for sending over large pots of curry on Fridays to the provincial police headquarters and for splashing out on plasma TVs, security cameras and Christmas parties for the police.
Dawjee’s dealing with his police friends seemed to be going well for him until Goodwood police station appointed a new commander in the form of Colonel Hansia Hasraj. She complained that this relationship with senior officers amounted to corruption and urged an investigation into it.
But Dawjee accuses Hasraj of having a vendetta against him.
The indictment further details how Dawjee’s tow-bar business was unfairly awarded a contract to provide fittings to police vehicles.
In 2013, the State alleges that Kolindren Govender assisted Dawjee in getting a gun from the police’s exhibit stores for a friend of Dawjee’s in exchange for R1 000. The gun had belonged to a woman whose husband had died a year earlier.
In total, the six accused face 109 charges.
The Govenders and Van der Ross hold high level positions in Western Cape policing as station and cluster commanders.
Lamoer has taken leave, effective on Friday, and Major general Thembisile Patekile has been named as acting provincial police commissioner.
Lauren Hess
News24
Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Dawjees-dodgy-dealings-with-Lamoer-and-co-20150418
Cape Town - An indictment by the State details the alleged web of corruption and racketeering involving senior Western Cape police officials - including Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer – and a shady businessman from the city’s northern suburbs.
The 120 page document describes how Mohammed Saleem Dawjee and his son Mohamed Zameer, the owners of two vehicle fitment centres in Goodwood and Parow, Cape Town, not only allegedly bribed Lamoer, police officers Brigadier Kolindren Govender, his wife Brigadier Sharon Govender and Brigadier Darius van der Ross, but used them at various points in attempts to bribe other police officers.
The bribes, or “gratifications” as it’s called in the State’s papers, are said to have started in November 2011 and involve 43 payments that saw the four officers pocket about R1.63m in total.
The bribes were given in the form of cash, payment for cars rented and bought by Lamoer and the Govenders and their family members, payment for Lamoer’s guest house accommodation and clothing store accounts, among other things.
Dawjee denies having a corrupt relationship with Lamoer, who he regards as a long-time friend but admits that he made a R20 000 payment into the top cop’s bank account for his daughter’s wedding.
They both live in Plattekloof, Cape Town.
In one instance in 2011, Dawjee is accused of offering a R5 000 bribe to a warrant officer to agree to get a court to set bail for a friend of his.
Another time February 2013, Dawjee allegedly offered a BMW and other cars to an officer.
The businessman also allegedly tried to get bribe Western Cape Hawks head, General Yolisa Matakata, with a mere R1 000 after he found out about the unit’s investigation into his and Lamoer’s dealings.
According to a Sunday Times report in November 2013, Dawjee was known for sending over large pots of curry on Fridays to the provincial police headquarters and for splashing out on plasma TVs, security cameras and Christmas parties for the police.
Dawjee’s dealing with his police friends seemed to be going well for him until Goodwood police station appointed a new commander in the form of Colonel Hansia Hasraj. She complained that this relationship with senior officers amounted to corruption and urged an investigation into it.
But Dawjee accuses Hasraj of having a vendetta against him.
The indictment further details how Dawjee’s tow-bar business was unfairly awarded a contract to provide fittings to police vehicles.
In 2013, the State alleges that Kolindren Govender assisted Dawjee in getting a gun from the police’s exhibit stores for a friend of Dawjee’s in exchange for R1 000. The gun had belonged to a woman whose husband had died a year earlier.
In total, the six accused face 109 charges.
The Govenders and Van der Ross hold high level positions in Western Cape policing as station and cluster commanders.
Lamoer has taken leave, effective on Friday, and Major general Thembisile Patekile has been named as acting provincial police commissioner.
Lauren Hess
News24
Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Dawjees-dodgy-dealings-with-Lamoer-and-co-20150418
MickeyD
RIP
Ballsy station commander sparked Lamoer probe
Cape Town - A police station commander’s determination to root out what she saw as corruption among officers working closely together resulted in a Western Cape top cop ending up in the dock with other senior officers on Friday.
Mohamed Saleem Dawjee, the businessman who allegedly bribed Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer and other officers, says Colonel Hansia Asaram, awarded the Station Commander of the Year in 2013, has a vendetta against him because, according to a 2014 Eyewitness News report, he complained about her poor service delivery.
But a 120-page indictment detailing Dawjee’s dodgy dealings with Lamoer and the other accused officers, says that Hansraj became aware of some of the “gratifications” and felt it amounted to a pattern of corruption.
An investigation following her complaint shows the alleged pattern of corruption by the businessman and the senior officers.
According to a Sunday Times report in November 2013, one of Lamoer’s co-accused, Darian van der Ross, tried to intimidate Hansraj after she fired Dawjee from community policing forums in the northern suburbs. Hansraj “stood up to” Van der Ross and soon after investigations began.
Lamoer and his five co-accused are out on R5 000 bail each after appearing in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court for alleged corruption amounting to about R1.63m.
Lauren Hess
News24
Source:http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Ballsy-station-commander-sparked-Lamoer-probe-20150418
Cape Town - A police station commander’s determination to root out what she saw as corruption among officers working closely together resulted in a Western Cape top cop ending up in the dock with other senior officers on Friday.
Mohamed Saleem Dawjee, the businessman who allegedly bribed Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer and other officers, says Colonel Hansia Asaram, awarded the Station Commander of the Year in 2013, has a vendetta against him because, according to a 2014 Eyewitness News report, he complained about her poor service delivery.
But a 120-page indictment detailing Dawjee’s dodgy dealings with Lamoer and the other accused officers, says that Hansraj became aware of some of the “gratifications” and felt it amounted to a pattern of corruption.
An investigation following her complaint shows the alleged pattern of corruption by the businessman and the senior officers.
According to a Sunday Times report in November 2013, one of Lamoer’s co-accused, Darian van der Ross, tried to intimidate Hansraj after she fired Dawjee from community policing forums in the northern suburbs. Hansraj “stood up to” Van der Ross and soon after investigations began.
Lamoer and his five co-accused are out on R5 000 bail each after appearing in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court for alleged corruption amounting to about R1.63m.
Lauren Hess
News24
Source:http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Ballsy-station-commander-sparked-Lamoer-probe-20150418
MickeyD
RIP
Lamoer suspended as Western Cape police commissioner
Maryna Lamprecht, Media24 parliamentary bureau
Cape Town - Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer has been suspended as Western Cape police commissioner, top cop Riah Phiyega confirmed on Tuesday.
The national police commissioner told MPs in the portfolio committee on police that Lamoer and his three co-accused - all senior police officials - had been suspended.
A departmental inquiry into their conduct is under way.
"Our HR portfolio is engaging with the appointment of independent investigators to assist us in this regard," said Phiyega.
If there was enough prima facie evidence against the four of them, they would face internal action, running concurrently with the court case.
Lamoer and three of his senior officers - Brigadiers Darius van der Ross, Sharon Govender, her husband, Colin Govender and Cape businessman Salim Dawjee - handed themselves over at the Goodwood police station last Friday morning and appeared in the Goodwood Magistrate's Court shortly thereafter.
The 109 charges against them - including fraud, corruption, money laundering and defeating the ends of justice - follows a Hawks investigation into allegations that Lamoer and Dawjee had a corrupt relationship. Dawjee allegedly gave money and gifts to the four senior police officers.
They will appear again on June 12.
News24
Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Lamoer-suspended-as-Western-Cape-police-commissioner-20150421
Maryna Lamprecht, Media24 parliamentary bureau
Cape Town - Lieutenant General Arno Lamoer has been suspended as Western Cape police commissioner, top cop Riah Phiyega confirmed on Tuesday.
The national police commissioner told MPs in the portfolio committee on police that Lamoer and his three co-accused - all senior police officials - had been suspended.
A departmental inquiry into their conduct is under way.
"Our HR portfolio is engaging with the appointment of independent investigators to assist us in this regard," said Phiyega.
If there was enough prima facie evidence against the four of them, they would face internal action, running concurrently with the court case.
Lamoer and three of his senior officers - Brigadiers Darius van der Ross, Sharon Govender, her husband, Colin Govender and Cape businessman Salim Dawjee - handed themselves over at the Goodwood police station last Friday morning and appeared in the Goodwood Magistrate's Court shortly thereafter.
The 109 charges against them - including fraud, corruption, money laundering and defeating the ends of justice - follows a Hawks investigation into allegations that Lamoer and Dawjee had a corrupt relationship. Dawjee allegedly gave money and gifts to the four senior police officers.
They will appear again on June 12.
News24
Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Lamoer-suspended-as-Western-Cape-police-commissioner-20150421
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
Colonel Hansia needs to get promoted.
We need more people like her
We need more people like her