Police Minister Bheki Cele and his SA Police Service (SAPS) National Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, stand accused of losing “yet another war on crime” – that of police firearms being stolen. After pointing out the ministerial response was “month overdue”, DA shadow deputy police minister Okkie Terblanche said 1 725 “official SAPS firearms” stolen between April 2021 and July 2023 worked out to 60 stolen every month, and said this was enough to “equip a small army”.