Fannie Masemola

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Lieutenant-General Fannie Masemola announced the new National Commissioner of Police.

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Sitole, whose public spats with Police Minister Bheki Cele are widely reported, spent his last day in office on Thursday, before making way for Masemola, who ...

One of the key national positions we want the public to have absolute confidence in is that of the National Commissioner of police. Ramphosa said that the appointment of the new commissioner was done diligently through a selected panel comprising of experienced politicians and administrators including Sydney Mufamadi, Angie Motshekga, police minister Bheki Cele, the retired police commissioner George Fivas, and the Treasury Director General Dondo Mogajane. “General Masemola played a key role in coordinating security in voting since 1994,” said Ramaphosa, also thanking Sitole for his nation to the nation.

“The President's appointment of a new National Commissioner will ensure continuity in the most senior position in the South African Police Service following ...

General Fannie Masemola replaces the outgoing General Khehla Sitole. President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: The Presidency ...

Action Society’s Ian Cameron said the organisation was of the view that “an external panel of policing experts should handle the restructuring of the entire police management according to merit and not political affiliation”. Unfortunately, the whole process is too secretive. “There needs to be more transparency about the panel and the process followed in the appointing of a new national commissioner,” it said.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Lieutenant General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola as the new police commissioner. Masemola's appointment as the country's ...

The Presidency said Masemola's appointment as police commissioner will ensure continuity in the most senior position in the police service following Khehla ...

General Masemola also brings to this position his experience in drastic reducing of cash-in-transit heists in the period around 2016,” Ramaphosa said. He is also highly experienced.” The Presidency said Masemola appointment as police commissioner will ensure continuity in the most senior position in the police service following Khehla’s Sitole’s departure from office.

Cyril Ramaphosa said Fannie Masemola had been a deputy police commissioner with an "outstanding record of achievements in policing across South Africa".

You have the weight of the nation's expectations resting on your shoulders, but I am confident you are more than up to this task and responsibility." He said Masemola brought to the position his experience in drastically reducing cash-in-transit crimes in the period around 2016. Ramaphosa assured Masemola that he had the "full support and backing" of Cabinet and the government.

South African Police Union spokesperson Lesiba Thobakgale and senior researcher at Institute for Security Studies Dr Johan Burger react to the appointment ...

Read More He is a highly experienced police officer, he is a real operational officer, came through the ranks, served in so many positions throughout the country. We really appreciate and really give him our full support.Lesiba Thobakgale, National spokesperson - South African Police Union

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Fannie Masemola as South Africa's new national police commissioner. This is after Khehla Sitole left the hot seat ...

We wish General Sitole all of the best as he assumes his new position at the helm of a very important institution in government and the country.” Building a credible police service that is responsive and trusted by communities across our country is a mammoth task.” It emerged in February that Sitole was standing down from the national commissioner position ahead of schedule. - Smoothing over and dealing with intensemistrust among police in the Western Cape, South Africa’s gangsterism capital, where Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnearwas assassinated in September 2021. Ramaphosa said the process of appointing Masemola had involved a selection panel. General Masemola played a leading role in coordinating security for all elections since and including 1994.” “It is simply absurd that the appointment of a national police commissioner is not open to public scrutiny, especially as there is already precedent in the appointment of heads of Chapter 9 institutions, for instance.” “Lt -Gen Masemola’s key test will be his ability to stand up to Minister Cele’s bullying and efforts to micromanage the operational affairs of the SAPS. The commissioner will have to prove to South Africans that he is independent and not merely Minister Cele’s puppet,” Whitfield said. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced Fannie Masemola as South Africa’s new national police commissioner. Of Masemola’s appointment, Cele’s office said: “It is optimistic that this shift in the [SAPS] top management will not derail the efforts in place to build on an efficient and trustworthy police service that is accessible to all South Africans and is unapologetic about fighting crime. Zuma said: “His extensive experience in the police service will assist him to execute this critical task of making South Africans and everyone in the country safer and to feel safer. Ramaphosa told Masemola that this weight would “be matched only by the weight of the support government will place at the disposal of the commissioner”.

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa, has appointed Lieutenant-General Fannie Masemola as the country's new Police Commissioner.

General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola takes over from General Khehla Sitole, whose contract of employment was terminated by the president in February.

He is a career cop who has worked in a number of positions within the SAPS throughout the years and worked his way through the ranks. “You have the weight of the nation’s expectations resting on your shoulders, but I am confident you are more than up to this task and responsibility. At 58, Masemola has many years of experience in the police force.

Breakfast host Refilwe Moloto chats to policing expert Ziyanda Stuurman. South Africa's new National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has a tough task ...

I think it is certainly a reprieve to have somebody new in the position and somebody who is absolutely a dedicated career cop as Lieutenant-General Masemola is. * Repairing the tense relationship between the National Police Commissioner and the Police Minister: "He needs to really smooth over a lot of the edges and a lot of the feuding that we've seen over the last couple of years." * Dealing with the politicisation of the police: "He will really have to unite the police service as it were to focus on the country and not get completely overtaken by the issues within the ANC."

Ramaphosa announced Masemola's appointment on Thursday saying he is a career policeman with extensive experience in the police.

Ramaphosa had promised in his State of the Nation Address that he was going to make appointments in the security cluster. The DA called on Masemola to ensure he stood up to Cele. Cape Town - President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the new Police Commissioner with Lieutenant-General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola set to assume his duties as the top cop on Friday.

The 58-year-old Masemola is a former police deputy national commissioner, who is a career cop, experienced and knows what needs to be done to fix the ...

Masemola played a leading role in coordinating security for all elections that we have held dince and including 1994," the president said. The 58-year-old Masemola is a former police deputy national commissioner, who is a career cop, experienced and knows what needs to be done to fix the country's ailing police service. The 58-year-old Masemola is a former police deputy national commissioner, who is a career cop, experienced and knows what needs to be done to fix the country's ailing police service.