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At the risk of a massive (racist!) generalisation it sounds as if SA cops aren't very used to have wealthy murder suspects with quality lawyers defending them and challenging the evidence presented.

My cousin's husband (I don't think that there is such a thing as a cousin-in-law) was a police officer in Pretoria before emigrating to the UK and eventually becoming a member of the fuzz over here. He is not very complimentary about the police in South Africa (understatement) and makes it sound like a boys club with lots of guns and the occasional fire fight thrown in.

Also when I visited South Africa it was pointed out to me by a local that ALL of the police stations had signs on that said "These premises are protected by ADT monitored alarms and armed response." The local I was speaking to held this up as an example of how unprofessional the police are.