A Swellendam Police commander has been suspended amid taxi industry controversy.
Police have confirmed that the station commander at Swellendam Police Station has been suspended in what is alleged to be linked to the taxi industry - in which he is an apparent taxi boss.
The suspension took place internally this month, with SAPS management making sure that operational duties did not suffer.
The news comes just as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police in the National Assembly, Ian Cameron, confirmed he had written to the National Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Puleng Dimpane, to provide urgent action regarding the situation.
Cameron said it was unlawful for members of the police to be part of the taxi business and that it hindered their work in fighting crime.
