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Author: Professor Jacob Tseko Mofokeng
Professor Jacob Tseko Mofokeng
A Professor of Criminology at UNISA.
The Masemola saga highlights a deeper problem in South Africa: public servants can face career consequences when they challenge political power.
Mass shootings in Carletonville and Lwandle raise difficult questions about Crime Intelligence, police leadership, prevention and accountability.
South Africa honours its fallen police officers with dignity, but the real measure of national character is whether it does enough to protect them while they are alive.
Professor Jacob Tseko Mofokeng argues that corruption, factional warfare and criminal capture have pushed the SAPS beyond institutional failure into structural collapse.
Professor Jacob Tseko Mofokeng warns that SAPS interview panels risk rewarding continuity over competence when independence and meaningful scrutiny are absent.
Prof Jacob Tseko Mofokeng reflects on how blind loyalty, weakened accountability and ethical failure have eroded institutional trust within SAPS, arguing that meaningful reform must rebuild ethical scrutiny, internal accountability and professional judgment.
Professor Jacob Tseko Mofokeng argues that allegations of corruption, political meddling, and failing accountability structures inside South African Police Service point to a deepening institutional crisis that now threatens public trust in policing.