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
People have now been forced to seriously consider whether the duty to protect one’s family can be left to the police
The police arrested three people and killed four others suspected of cash-in-transit heists
The police minister announced a 2.8% decline in rapes reported in January to March 2023 compared with the same period last year
When South Africans compare their situation today to that under apartheid, they ignore the distressing stories heard at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Ramaphosa will continue to mouth platitudes and leave the police minister to his empty promises
More funds expected for SAPS, the National Prosecuting Authority and the Special Investigating Unit in the government’s effort to combat crime
The families of slain student activists have been waiting an agonising 40 years for justice and closure
The minister’s medium-term budget policy statement had to balance the fiscal risk of state-owned entities and the threat their collapse posed for the economy
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Johnson’s brief premiership has been a relentless assault on the UK’s freedoms – to organise, to protest, to vote
Accountability, insofar as it ever existed in the South African Police Service, has been reduced to a theoretical concept. It is time this changed.
The ANC, heads to this weekend’s policy conference more concerned with pushing back on attempts to improve governance than finding solutions to the many structural fault lines that have been so crudely exposed by our economic deterioration since the outbreak of the pandemic
The tense relationship between Bheki Cele and Cassel Mathale is allegedly linked to contracts
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There are many examples of this. Kenya is using blockchain-enabled AI solutions for the unbanked to secure loans
The economic crisis in the country appears to be pushing people over the mental edge
His family suspects a cover-up after the Bucs star was murdered in Soweto after he was questioned by the police
State security and the SAPS are on high alert as vigilante group gain momentum, but police concede they do not have the resources to stop Operation Dudula form stoking xenophobia
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South Africa must deal with the economic sabotage that is keeping the country in the dark
The Democratic Alliance needs to realistically assess how it can support LGBTQIA+ people, particularly if it wants to claim to help this community
The firearm believed to have been used by the sergeant in the shooting was reportedly stolen soon after the incident
On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure
The persecution of the ‘troublesome’ Teffo began in earnest after he took on two criminal matters in which he says police and politicians are complicit in charging the wrong people, those he is defending
More revelations in multimillion-rand Mayfair kidnapping
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The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning
But the police minister expresses confidence in country’s security and says people must ‘just relax’ even though President Cyril Ramaphosa had to be moved to safety twice during ANC’s 110th anniversary celebrations
Cases against the police date back to 2006, and include wrongful arrests and assaults
Investigation: Inside a kidnapping rescue mission gone wrong. The result? The alleged shooting of a Somali civilian
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Minister of police only receives information from national commissioner that relates to him, commission hears
The National Prosecuting Authority’s leaders have been accused of bowing to external pressures for the stalled arrest of police generals
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From their creation during colonisation to now, they have served the wealthy against the many
In the three-month period 6 163 murders occurred, a 20.7% increase from the same period last year, and 9 556 rapes were reported, a rise of 7.1%. The number of sexual offences was 11 964, up 4.7%
Right2Know says it is supporting artists’ right to protest after police intervened in a demonstration outside the ministry
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