Sapu head ‘beaten’, arrested after damning letter alleges top-cop graft

The arrest and alleged assault of SA Policing Union (Sapu) head Mpho Kwinika came just days after he wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa and police minister Bheki Cele calling for the suspension and criminal investigation of national police commissioner, General Khehla Sitole.

April 03, 2019 at 06:05 am

Police union boss Mpho Kwinika has been fired from the police service for being abusive towards fellow officers and assaulting one of them. He was arrested on multiple charges, among them public disturbance, resisting arrest and assault on a police officer. (Twitter/Bafana Nzimande‏)

The arrest and alleged assault of SA Policing Union (Sapu) head Mpho Kwinika came just days after he wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa and police minister Bheki Cele calling for the suspension and criminal investigation of national police commissioner, General Khehla Sitole.

But the police maintain there was nothing sinister behind Kwinika’s arrest, saying he was taken into custody during a routine law enforcement operation.