The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it is concerned about how the South African Police Service (SAPS) conducts its administrative and information gathering capacity.

This follows the appointment and the subsequent dismissal of Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma as Gauteng’s Police Commissioner.

Zuma failed to disclose that he was facing allegations of drunk driving dating back to September 2008.

National Commissioner Ria Phiyega appointed Zuma before becoming aware of the investigations against him.

“Cosatu is concerned about the cancellation of the appointment of Major General Zuma has raised questions as to whether this was a once-off mistake or if there might be a pattern of SAPS incompetence in checking the history of people they take on as police officers,” says Cosatu’s Patrick Craven.

He says that it raises more general questions about their investigative and forensic capacity to deal with the levels of crime in South Africa.
Source: http://www.sabc.co.za