Pubdate: Tue, 26 Feb 2008
Source: Sowetan (South Africa)
Copyright: 2008 Sowetan
Contact:  http://www.sowetan.co.za/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4558

FLUSH THEM OUT

Few eyebrows would have been raised at the claims by  Democratic
Alliance leader Helen Zille that the police  are involved in
corruption and drug shipping in many  parts of the country.

This is because of past incidents in which bad apples  in the police
force and drug syndicates had exposed  such collusion. Also
corroborating Zille's  claims is the fact that drug syndicates still
operate  with impunity in major centres of the country.

Addressing residents of Phoenix in Durban at the  weekend, Zille also
claimed that drug lords paid police  officers tax for protection.

Phoenix is reputed to be awash with drugs.

Without detracting from Zille's vigorous  anti-drug campaign, we would
like to urge the DA leader  to not only raise the alarm about corrupt
policemen but  go further by providing their names to the SAPS so it
can weed them out of its ranks.

This would be a more useful contribution to the  campaign.
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MAP posted-by: Derek