Exclusive: SAPS general face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat
JOVIAL RANTAO A top police general faces suspension and internal disciplinary charges because his alleged negligence and dereliction of duty led to the assassination of Cape Town top cop Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear. An investigation by The African Mirror, over a period of a month, has revealed that Lieutenant-General Peter Jacobs, national crime intelligence head, received information from the Hawks top leadership about imminent danger to Kinnear, head of the SAPS Anti-Gang Unit, and on several occasions failed to prevent Kinnear planned murder or provide security for him. This is despite the fact that the SAPS counterintelligence mandate gives Jacobs…