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    ELITE UNIT ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE

    Jul 05, 2020 4 minutes
    GCINA NTSALUBA and WANDILE FANA news@citypress.co.za
    PHOTO: WERNER BEUKES / SAPA

    The Special Task Force (STF), South Africa’s elite police unit, is allegedly on the brink of collapse, according to inside sources. They told City Press that the unit that handles high-risk operations has been facing serious challenges since 2012, after the removal of former head Brigadier Johann Fritz. Insiders alleged Fritz’s removal provided an opportunity for the elite unit to transform.

    But, according to an STF source, after campaigning for the removal of Fritz, “we took ourselves from the frying pan straight into the fire”. Another source stated: “Now we are dealing with a mob of gangsters who think they are untouchable.”

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    Claims of nepotism, tribalism, victimisation and

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