The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola, participated in a high-level panel discussion on Fighting Crime and Corruption: Enablers for Access to Justice.
The conference brought together Ministers, law enforcement leaders and criminal justice stakeholders, including representatives from INTERPOL and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to strengthen cooperation in combating organised crime and corruption.
During his address, the National Commissioner highlighted the SAPS’s successes in disrupting organised criminal networks, including the seizure of approximately 250kg of cocaine worth more than R200 million at OR Tambo International Airport in October 2025, the dismantling of drug laboratories, and operations targeting illegal mining and cross-border vehicle smuggling.
He also emphasised the importance of international intelligence-sharing, strengthening accountability within law enforcement, following the money and recovering proceeds of crime.
General Masemola reaffirmed the SAPS’s commitment to working with domestic and international partners to dismantle criminal networks, fight corruption and ensure that no one is above the law.
“Criminals may operate across borders, but our cooperation must also extend across borders.”
