Nicholas Gotsell MP

Earlier today SAPS Western Cape Spokesperson, Colonel Andre Traut, told @WeekendArgus, “Please allow me to clarify the matter: you were most likely misinformed... There is currently a sufficient supply of sexual assault kits available throughout the Western Cape, and investigations into sexual offences are not being compromised by any shortage.” So @nicholasgotsell and I went to see for ourselves at the Epping stores after seeing the Argus article, with an unannounced oversight visit, and guess what we found? Well…nothing, there are ZERO rape kits for adults and children in the Western Cape, not only did provincial supply chain management show us the empty shelves, they explained how they have been waiting for stock for several months from national supply chain management in Pretoria. Feedback will follow as we believe this is likely not only a Western Cape Crisis, but a national one, and this before festive season and in the last 48 hours of #16DaysOfActivism…. capeargus.co.za/weekend-argus/… EXCLUSIVE: Urgent oversight visit reveals zero rape kits available in Western Cape supply store

Indeed! We lose tanks, aircraft and submarines in this department - even a whole Minister! The Barbie outfit helped us find her … but the question is: will her mate, Malusi Gigaba, now finally force her to explain what happened to the R813.3 million? facebook.com/share/p/1GbD5X…

@DailyFriendSA Brett Herron of @ForCrimeZA; Vincent Cruywagen of @dailymaverick and Ferial Haffajee of@WhoCares? - working hard to use their political bias to make criminals the victims. Perfect, @DailyFriendSA

Just a brick dailyfriend.co.za/2025/09/01/jus…

@ferialhaffajee Hey @ferialhaffajee, is it the “unarmed” brick-wielding savage that cracked my skull that sparks this debate for you - or the fact that a responsible firearm user dared to defend himself and the passed-out person next to him?

MP Ian Cameron's self-defence shooting incident sparks legal and ethical debate dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-0…

@ForGoodZA You appear to have missed the part where a brick was smashed into our heads & faces. Must be your obsession with race that blinds you. Probably also the reason for your political decline. At least you know Vincent Cruywagen & Daily Maverick share your misguided and divisive views

@dailymaverick At what stage, according to Vincent Cruywagen’s anonymous crime “expert”, does my head become important enough to protect? Should @IanCameron23 have waited until that savage smashed it with a brick a 2nd time, cracked it open even further - or wide open?

Clarence Ford condoning these hateful comments welcoming the attack on us and wishing for MPs’ family members to be raped and murdered is just vile. facebook.com/share/r/1AxbLU…

@JamesDa10599361 @SANDF_ZA You are as ill-informed as you are naive. It does not take a retired soldier to see that this is just one of the many instances where the SANDF has shown it has no concept of priorities - or money.

@SANDF_ZA Mr Steenhuyzen: I've searched, but found no evidence of you having any military experience. Please keep yourself and your party quiet, about things outside your experience, until you have researched it. With some kind of love, I think: An "early retired" soldier.

MEDIA STATEMENT || The South African National Defence Force's Reaction to the Statement by the Political Party, Democratic Alliance. Issued by the Department of Defence. #SANDF #MediaStatement

Why don’t you skip the Russian military parades, come to committee and then tell me I am a liar to my face? news24.com/politics/blata…

7-year-old Lolitha’s case shows SAPS rot: no vehicle for IO, Flying Squad diverted for rallies, Patekile’s fear rule blocks answers. #FixSAPS facebook.com/share/1BokQsQo…

No place for crooked cops. POPCRU walked away halfway, now they have opinions? The process to fire convicted cop Sahabodien is DONE. So what will Lt Genl Patekile do: act, or protect another fraudster in blue? #OrangeNotBlue facebook.com/share/p/1EX9TA…

Why is a convicted cop still in uniform? Sahabodien was found guilty in June. Patekile has the dismissal… so what’s the hold-up? #OrangeNotBlue facebook.com/share/p/1BdQae…

🐾Only one biological fluid dog in Cape Town! Tina, a SAPS K9, sniffed out key evidence in a child murder case. We need more like her. #K9Heroes

Last Sunday SAPS KZN commissioner, Lt General Mkhwanazi, mentioned an MP (or MPs) being involved in the alleged corruption he spoke of. Who do you think it is?

@TheoBonakele @IanCameron23 1. The DA governs; the ANC rules - or ruled when it still had a majority. 2. Crime does not see colour; neither does the DA’s policies. 3. It is the DA’s governments that support the SAPS’ efforts; the ANC rejects that by opposing devolution of policing powers.

@IanCameron23 I hear ppl say we must get rid of anc but that province is ruled by da not anc if da wanted to clean it they would have done that a long time ago but life of other race is not important to them as much as we don't need anc we also don't need da

Last night at approximately 19:15, a mass shooting occurred in Bishop Lavis. SAPS members arrived to find four deceased individuals inside a room: •Female (80) – found on a double bed. •Female (44) – found on a double bed. •Male (47) – found on another double bed. •Male (37) – found on the floor. All sustained multiple gunshot wounds, primarily to the head, chest, and upper body. Reports of two males fleeing in a white VW Polo, no registration number recorded. Motive is believed to be gang-related. Case management and follow-through seemingly remain weak, with no immediate multi-disciplinary response, intelligence-led analysis, or territorial conflict mapping evident. This tragic incident exposes ongoing systemic failures in SAPS’s approach to gang violence in the Western Cape and underlines the urgent need for intelligence-led, professional investigations and proper resourcing of crime intelligence and detective services.

WC Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile told the DA’s @nicholasgotsell that the overturning of the drug possessing and gangster-linked police officer’s dismissal was because his relationship with @SAPoliceService had “not broken down”. How is this an acceptable explanation?

@BiancavanWyk16 @ErnoGroenewald @mbalimcdust Sweetheart, I work for an office, not a person. Public representatives who do not do their work is my job … and I am calling one of them out.

@ErnoGroenewald @mbalimcdust @nicholasgotsell It must be the saddest and most exhausting job trying to make Helen’s public statements seem humane, rational or remotely true.

Ok here comes the boy band. @nicholasgotsell I resigned in 2021. Helen sent me her bizarre email this year.She already knew I had resigned& my post had been filled. Here’s a screenshot from the Chief of staff in acknowledging that a year ago.Not my fault you can’t run an office

@mbalimcdust @helenzille For a whole year from 2020? Even at Congress, where you contested the Federal Leadership? Anyway, you obviously want a "shame, Mbali". Well, there you go.

@nicholasgotsell @helenzille And in case you can’t read if I was recovering from surgeries that would obviously mean I was on leave even though I had already resigned. Did you expect me to join meetings from an operating table that I was no longer a part of. Do better honestly.

You then sent a baffling email this year asking why I hadn’t attended meetings since last year knowing full well I had resigned.I could only surmise you really wanted me there so I sent you a correction email. You neither responded nor apologised for your mistake. 🤷🏾‍♀️ @helenzille

@mbalimcdust I keep the records in this office. They show that out of 10 Federal Council meetings before last year's election, you were absent for 8 (not 7 as I thought), 6 without apology. You were on the delegates list for KZN every time. This list and the register speak for themselves.