National cold case detectives battle with missing dockets, poorly trained juniors and interference from senior officers
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SAPS counter-intelligence head Major General Feroz Khan tells court he is being ‘persecuted for doing my job’
The X-word gets trotted out like a beauty pageant contestant to dismiss legitimate border control issues
MPs challenged him on skewed spending, saying the poor suffered while billions went to protecting politicians
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On Thursday night, metered-taxi drivers allegedly attacked e-hailing operators at designated pick-up and drop zones near Maponya Mall
Three high-ranking police accused of using protesting students to defraud crime intelligence have finally been taken off the job
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The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed
Since Eskom’s a no-go, perhaps our Minister of Monuments’ R22-m flag will be powered on arrogance and self-belief alone
Instigators took to social media to stoke fears among police officers, the police minister told the South African Human Rights Commission hearings on Monday
Colonel Ismael Dawood, who is part of the crack kidnapping task team, faces murder, kidnapping and extortion charges
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The ratio of private security members to citizens is 1:106, whereas that of police officers to citizens is 1:413
Whoever organised the unrest in response to the pending arrest of Jacob Zuma was responsible for the lethal violence that followed, the KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said.
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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SAPS top brass in sights for R100m security equipment corruption while spying on ANC and students
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The alleged intransigence of the national police commissioner Khehla Sitole in working with police watchdog Ipid could see him removed from office
The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September
Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS
The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material
The use of the phrase ‘lighting up the shadows’ was a deliberate application of mind on Jeremy Vearey’s part targeted at the SAPS, police counsel argues.
Eastern Cape police commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga told the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council on Tuesday 17 August that discipline was the cornerstone of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and that former Western Cape detective head Major General Jeremy Vearey had undermined it with derogatory Facebook posts Ntshinga was appointed by national […]
The national commissioner did not call me privately and say ‘I want Jeremy Vearey out’, investigating officer tells arbitration panel
The police union said it would challenge the process that led to the axing of the Western Cape head of detectives
The Western Cape head of detectives was found to have brought the police service into disrepute with a series of Facebook posts taking aim at national commissioner Khehla Sitole
The former crime intelligence boss brought the application citing bias after the state moved to prevent further spurious delays on his decade-old fraud and corruption charges
The state says its ready to prosecute axed top cops for the alleged looting of a secret intelligence fund
Two stories from reporters who turned down offers to spy for the SSA
Responding to allegations made at the Zondo commission, the journalist says someone else paid off her car
New revelations about attempt to influence the NPA’s decisions came to light during Lawrence Mrwebi’s cross-examination at the Mokgoro inquiry
Police are cracking down on cash-in-transit heists, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Tuesday
The police minister wants to clean up the force from its police service to its crime intelligence unit
‘Cash-in-transit heists seem to be a South African speciality. They are now happening at an average of one a day, according to some accounts’
Minister Letsatsi-Duba intends to conduct a skills audit in the state security department to ensure key positions are occupied by qualified people