Minister of Safety and Security Nathi Mthethwa of South Africa
Emmanuel Nkosinathi (Nathi) Mthethwa is a South African politician from Kwa Mbonambi, KwaZulu-Natal and a member of the ANC.
Cape Town Newly-appointed Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa was welcomed as a conquering hero by former colleagues in Parliament on Wednesday when he briefed legislators on his plans to combat the country's high crime rate.
Mthethwa has commissioned a plan on how South Africa's police force can overpower criminals in the country, a plan that will involve a focused, needs-based public education programme, which aims to alter public attitudes and responses to crime and to activities which support crime.
Minister of Safety and Security Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday that the public's perception of police corruption was correct.
Foreign syndicates blamed for crime Nkululeko Ncana Published:Dec 08, 2008 TOUGH-talking Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has told crime-weary residents of Laudium, Pretoria, he does not believe poverty is the main cause of crime.
Mthethwa had gone to Harris and his wife Adéle's Doornkop home to get first-hand information about the murder of two of their relatives.
Corruption and ill-discipline in the police service will not be tolerated, Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday.
Ahead of the festive season during which cash-in-transit robberies and ATM bombings usually escalate Mthethwa has commissioned a plan on how the police will overpower criminals.
If there is anything within the legislative regime which makes criminals think that they are equal to law-abiding citizens we need to look into this, as we settle in office and answer the question: is everything in place?Mthethwa has instructed the police division that deals with visible policing to draft a workable plan for citizen participation in crime-fighting.
Johannesburg - Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday that the publics perception of police corruption was correct and vowed to crack down on graft in the SAPS.
Mthethwa has vowed to improve public confidence in the police.
In a clearest indication yet that the post-President Thabo Mbeki administration will be harsher on criminals, Mthethwa said the government would take extraordinary steps to make the lives of criminals miserable.
Mthethwa said his plan would change perceptions towards the police, as many people were reluctant to report crime due to perceptions of police ineptitude.
Mthethwa said the recent heavy-handed response of the police to cash-in-transit heists, in which several robbers were killed, had led to a reduction in this type of crime.
Mthethwa said it was striking that what is usually described as petty crime, such as stealing cellphones or handbags, was actually no longer petty because these crimes were accompanied by murder and rape.
Mthethwa has instructed the police division that deals with visible policing to draft a workable plan for citizen participation in crime-fighting.
Mthethwa said crime-fighting plans would have to be localised and adapted to urban and rural areas, instead of being lofty nationwide plans that were impossible to implement.
Asked yesterday if this meant that Mthethwa was essentially calling for Selebi to be fired, ministerial spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi said: "I don't want to put words into his mouth.
Mthethwa said that since the implementation of the operation police had recorded an 11 percent", "Independent online (SA.
Now Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has approached President Kgalema Motlanthe to appoint a permanent police commissioner.
Major crimes down in KZN", "Durban - All major crimes in KwaZulu-Natal decreased over the festive season except for house and business robberies, Minister of Safety and Security Nathi Mthethwa said on Thursday.
Time for Selebi to go - minister", "Johannesburg - Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has asked President to replace suspended national police commissioner , an official said on Wednesday.
Mthethwa admits to police corruption", "Johannesburg - Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday that the public's perception of police corruption was correct and vowed to crack down on graft in the SAPS.
Johannesburg SAFETY and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has asked President Kgalema Motlanthe to appoint a permanent police commissioner.
Mthethwa said yesterday he had written to Motlanthe requesting that a permanent police commissioner be appointed.
Mthethwa was right to acknowledge the urgent need for a new commissioner, "but it is disappointing that it has taken so long for the government to recognise this fact.
Mthethwa said that since the implementation of the operation police had recorded an 11 percent decline in cash in transit heists, armed robberies and ATM bombings.
Mthethwa urges president to fill top post in police service�", "SAFETY and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has asked President Kgalema Motlanthe to appoint a permanent police commissioner.
Mthethwa said the department needed stability.
Mthethwa said yesterday he had", "Business Day.
The police are corrupt, says minister", "South Africa's Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said Monday that the public's perception of police corruption was correct and vowed to crack down on graft in the force.
Pretoria - Corruption and ill-discipline in the police service would not be tolerated, Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday.
Speaking to media at a crime summit in Midrand, Mthethwa said police officers involved in corrupt and other criminal activity such as organised crime needed to recuse themselves from the service.
Mthethwa said there needed to be more synergy in the fight against crime and that communication, co-ordination and accountability were key in strengthening this.
Mthethwa said if the three fundamentals could be improved then criminals will without doubt be dealt a severe blow.
Mthethwa said there had also been a lot of talk about aspects of the legislative regime which were a hindrance because they favoured the perpetrators and not the victims.
Mail Guardian reports, Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has requested President Kgalema Motlanthe to replace suspended police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi, an official said on Wednesday.
Mthethwa says the law may be soft on criminals, but he wants to do something about it.
Mthethwa says if locals feel they are not safe in their own country because of the legislative regime we have, then there’s a need to relook at those legislative parts.
programme, which aims to alter public attitudes and responses to crime and to activities which support crime.
News - South Africa: New crime policy a damp squibDate Posted: Friday 14-Nov-2008By Deon de Lange Newly-appointed Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa was welcomed as a conquering hero by former colleagues in Parliament on Wednesday when he briefed legislators on his plans to combat the country's high crime rate.
Addressing parliament, Mthethwa said his top priorities would be fighting organised crime, improving crime intelligence and strengthening the capacity of task forces.
Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa has requested President Kgalema Motlanthe to replace suspended national police commissioner Jackie Selebi, an official said on Wednesday.
All major crimes in KwaZulu-Natal decreased over the festive season except for house and business robberies, Minister of Safety and Security Nathi Mthethwa said on Thursday.
Speaking at a function in Richards Bay on Friday prior to an imbizo with the Dondotha community, National Minister of Safety and Security, Nathi Mthethwa said the expertise and resourcefulness of criminals had to be met head on with intelligence and information.
Mthethwa said changes also need to be made with regard to rural crime, which now often exceeds that in urban areas.
Addressing parliament, safety and security minister Nathi Mthethwa said his top priorities would be fighting organised crime, improving crime intelligence and strengthening the capacity of task forces.
Mthethwa was made safety minister in a recent cabinet shake-up as the ruling party's new leadership pushed through controversial legislation disbanding the elite crime-fighting Scorpions unit, prompting concern about the police's ability to fight major crimes.
Mthethwa is also launching a campaign across the country from November 24 to December 5 to "hear the views of people on how to fight crime" as part of a review of the criminal justice system.