Jennifer Dikeledi Ntlatseng will take up the job as the head of the police watchdog, replacing Robert McBride.
It's understood the South African National Police Service’s (SAPS) national intervention unit received a tip-off regarding an imminent cash-in-transit heist at the shopping mall on Thursday.
Last week, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) arrested four police officers for allegedly killing a suspect in a holding cell in Honeydew.
A probe by investigative unit Viewfinder and Eyewitness News revealed that some of the cases that are alleged to have been closed without proper investigation include those of rape, death as a result of police action and death in police custody.
A police officer shot dead his wife before taking his own life inside the local police station last November.
Evidence leader advocate Paul Pretorius said a second witness would now implicate advocate Mxolisi Zondo.
Former Ipid head Robert McBride is testifying at the Zondo Commission about the Werksmans Attorneys report which probed Ipid's handling of the so-called Zimbabwe rendition investigation.
The minister informed McBride last week that he had decided not to extend or renew his contract which officially comes to an end at the end of next month.
Ipid says the woman was arrested for drunk driving on 18 June and taken to the Malmesbury Police Station.
The act governing the independent police watchdog, Ipid is set to be amended to give its head greater independence and put in place new rules for his or her removal.
Robert McBride dropped a number of bombshells earlier on Thursday when the police watchdog briefed Parliament’s police oversight committee on its high-profile investigations.
Residents of the Sekoto Village blocked roads and clashed with police on Wednesday during a protest calling for the resignation of mayor Vusi Tshabalala.
Morris Tshabalala, who is also known as “Captain KGB” appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Thursday where he was expected to apply for bail.
The suspect was arrested outside the correctional services head office in Pretoria as he was reporting to his parole officer.
Eyewitness News revealed on Wednesday that police watchdog Ipid had traced a money trail back to forensic data analysts director Keith Keating.
Several videos went viral last week showing a group of Nigerian nationals cornering and assaulting several overwhelmed police officers in Vanderbijlpark.
Sizwe Mbokazi was struck by a bullet in the Far East bank section on Wednesday afternoon.
The pair made their first appearance in court on Tuesday on charges of fraud, extortion and contravention of the Ipid Act.
