The Facebook posts that cost Vearey his job
Fired cop, Major General Jeremy Vearey is contesting his dismissal before the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council. A series of social media posts on Facebook between December 2020 and February 2021 led to the cop’s axing in May. Here are the
7 Dec 2020: “Good morning and how is the mind today? Lighting up the shadows” Posted above a Daily Maverick article titled ‘Deep Dive: Sitole vs Jacobs: what lies behind the top-level rupture at the SAPS?’
12 Dec 2020: “Once more unto the breach
— It is not enough to hate your enemy. You have to understand how the two of you bring each other to deep completion — UNDERWORLD Don De Lillo 1998”
Posted above a News24 article titled ‘Crisis in the police: Tensions escalate as Cele and Sitole clash over suspensions at Intelligence division’
23 Dec 2020: “Time longer than rope — We won against all their money and power before. And this one we shall win again, no matter the sacrifice or cost”
News24 article titled ‘Crime Intelligence battle heads to court’
16 Jan 2021: “The age of blacker than thou police politics, or the pot othering the kettle bronze? Read, think and decide”
Posted above a Daily Maverick article titled ‘To Protect & Procure’
17 Jan 2021: “An acute case of foot in mouth disease?” “Brigadier Vish Naidoo the SAPS spokesperson, said in response to detailed questions that no action could be taken against any SAPS member because ‘no formal report’ had been received by Sitole”
Posted above a Daily Maverick article titled ‘SAPS PPE scandal: Clash of top brass amid claims of massive corruption’
24 Jan 2021: “The year of deceiving dangerously?” Posted above a Daily Maverick article titled
‘A year of (un)clear and present danger’
25 Feb 2021: “MOER HULLE”
Posted above a News24 article titled ‘Crime Intelligence: Peter Jacobs heads to court to halt disciplinary action amid claims of criminality’