# ActionSA has criticised president Cyril Ramaphosa for appointing an acting Police minister, and questions the role of deputy ministers. The president has appointed Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister, Gwede Mantashe, as acting Police minister until professor Firoz Cachalia assumes the position at the start of August. ActionSA’s Dereleen James says the leadership crisis within SAPS remains volatile and poses a real and present threat to national security:
ActionSA questions the role of deputy ministers following Mantashe’s appointment [SOUND]
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