The SAPS and the Ministry of Police, led by Police Minister Bheki Cele, launched the nationwide Safer Festive Season Operations on October 13 in the Western Cape
A United Nations spokesperson said the latest detentions had occurred in the capital of Afar province, on the only functional road leading into famine-threatened Tigray.
Whereas low-level looters may receive fines or community service, the masterminds will be dealt with ‘ruthlessly’, says prosecutions head
Jacob Zuma met his deadline to hand himself in by minutes but convincing him took much longer
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Jacob Zuma successfully used an appeal to tribal identity for his ascent to the presidency. And he tried to use it again to avoid being sent to jail
The former president is not assured that the high court will find that it has the power to stay the execution of the warrant of his arrest. Even if in turning to the apex court, he is directing himself to the right court at last, it is not clear that it can assist him either
As the August 2021 elections loom, activists fear a renewed crack down on human rights
The family-run syndicate behind the alleged scam may have looted even more — as much as R1-billion
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COMMENT: The protests against the Ugandan president’s 35-year rule are being led by the youth. But they cannot do it alone
Everybody’s staying pozi, which is making all the arrests easy for the Hawks. Only Ace is desperate to be seen
What’s that animal sound? Is it a Hawk swooping? A chicken roosting? No, it’s Zuma remembering a beef
The ANC has used its power to create networks of patronage. And this means going after corruption will cost the party financially
‘Stand aside’ rule implemented for people facing charges as provincial integrity commission process stalls
Top cop says more big players will be added to the list of accused as the state prepares to go to court
Former ANC MP hands himself over to the police in connection with Bosasa kickbacks, with more arrests expected
Businessman Edwin Sodi and senior civil servants are among those arrested over the R200-million theft of state funds
Activists in the Kingdom of eSwatini are routinely arrested on vague and flimsy charges
Eyewitness accounts emerge of the violence that left 239 people dead after the assassination of singer Hachalu Hundessa
Police are cracking down on cash-in-transit heists, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Tuesday
China has arrested an activist on a charge of subversion, says his brother and a rights group.
Another dissident critic of President Robert Mugabe was arrested, while police defied a court order to give medical help to 12 others, lawyers say.
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A coalition of opposition parties accused the Ethiopian authorities on Thursday of arresting some of its members to stop them running in an election.
Zimbabwe’s secret police on Thursday arrested top human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama, on as yet unspecified allegations, colleagues said.
A man wanted on suspicion of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia has been arrested in Kenya, police said on Friday.
The ANC was ”shocked” to learn that another IFP councillor in Nongoma had been arrested in connection with the murder of an ANC member in the area.