{"id":48393,"date":"2026-10-19T09:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48393"},"modified":"2026-10-19T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:18:14","slug":"sas-top-cop-masemola-returns-to-work-after-suspension","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-top-cop-masemola-returns-to-work-after-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s top cop Masemola returns to work after suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa&#8217;s (SA) National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola is back at the helm of the SA Police Service (SAPS) after six-month precautionary suspension.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He says his return is an opportunity to restore stability, unite the police service and reinforce its commitment to the rule of law.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Masemola was suspended in April after being charged with alleged contraventions of the Public Finance Management Act linked to a controversial police healthcare tender involving businessman Vusimuzi &#8220;Cat&#8221; Matlala.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe charges were formally withdrawn in September after prosecutors concluded there was no reasonable prospect of a successful prosecution.<\/div>\n<div>\nHis return comes as the SAPS faces continuing scrutiny over corruption, alleged criminal infiltration and the integrity of its leadership.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48394,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-48393","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48396,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48393\/revisions\/48396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=48393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}