SAPS crime intelligence chief Peter Jacobs said among the 33 high-ranking police lieutenant-generals, six were operating with expired security clearances.
Next on the chain of command, where 680 brigadiers call the shots, 13 security clearance applications were rejected and 19 more had expired, while 41 other senior managers did not file their applications.Jacobs did not disclose the reasons for the declined applications - for security reasons and also because an appeal process was yet to unfold within the SAPS.
MPs have called for disciplinary action to be taken against senior managers who ignored Sithole's orders about applications for security clearances. The police commissioner said another problem was the fact that obtaining a security clearance certificate had not been a compulsory requirement for senior positions, which they would now change.
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