Where are the paid police informers? asks violence monitor

By Willem Phungula | Published Jul 24, 2024

Reacting to the bomb threat that disrupted operations at the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, and soaring levels of crime, particularly in the province, KZN violence monitor Professor Mary de Haas said the problem was in the police’s crime intelligence unit which she said was unable to learn about criminal activities because they were no longer working with informers.