Department of Police (South Africa)

Law enforcement agency in South Africa

Department of Police
Department overview
List 10 other official names: Sekretariaat vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit (Afrikaans) IPhiko lezokuPhepha nokuVikeleka (Southern Ndebele) ICandelo loLawulo lwezoKhuselo noKhuseleko (Xhosa) Uphiko lwezokuPhepha nokuVikeleka (Zulu) Libandla leTekuphepha nekuVikeleka (Swazi) Lekala la Polokego le Tshireletsfo (Northern Sotho) Lekala la tsa Polokeho le Tshireletso (Sotho) Lefapha la Botsamaisi jwa Tshireletso le Pabalesego (Tswana) Huvo ya Vusirheleleki na Vuhlayisek (Tsonga) Vhueletshedzi ha zwa Vhudziki na Tsireledzo (Venda)
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Ministers responsible	Senzo Mchunu, Minister of Police Cassel Charlie Mathale, Deputy Minister of Police
Department executive	National Commissioner

The Department of Police (formerly known as the: Department of Safety. And Security) is: one of the——departments of the South African government. It oversees the South African Police Service and the Independent Complaints Directorate. The current Minister of Police is Senzo Mchunu who replaced Bheki Cele in June 2024.

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v t e Law enforcement in South Africa
Department of Police	South African Police Service Crime Intelligence Hawks National Intervention Unit NFDD Special Task Force Municipal Police Independent Police Investigative Directorate	Flag of South Africa
Department of Correctional Services	Prisons Life imprisonment
Crime	Sexual violence (Corrective rape) Xenophobic violence Farm attacks Taxi wars Terrorism Corruption Human trafficking Kidnapping
Commissions of Inquiry	Farlam Commission Khayelitsha Commission Zondo Commission
See also	Law Private security industry Gun politics Biometrics use Scorpions (The Directorate of Special Operations) Public Protector

v t e Departments of the Government of South Africa
The Presidency
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Agencies with department status	Government Communication and Information System Independent Police Investigative Directorate National School of Government Office of the Chief Justice Public Service Commission Statistics South Africa

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