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CRIME

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Article
/ 13 May 2011

TransUnion to help combat vehicle crime

TransUnion Auto Information Solutions said on Friday it had introduced a significant enhancement to its vehicle verification reports.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 15 April 2011

Ex-crime boss ‘freed murder suspects’

Police investigation of claims that Mabasa stopped case ‘is at advanced stage’.

By Sally Evans
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Article
/ 15 April 2011

Krejcir accesses deportation report

Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir is gathering material for his pending application to be granted asylum as a "political refugee".

By Sam Sole Author, Sally Evans and Sam Sole
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Article
/ 8 April 2011

Crime chief Mdluli in dock for murder

There are indications that he is accused of stifling more than the Ramogibe probe

By Sally Evans
Spy boss alerted Zuma about ‘plot’
Article
/ 8 April 2011

Spy boss alerted Zuma about ‘plot’

Dossier claims the involvement of disloyal ‘Mbeki men’ in investigating Mdluli.

By Glynnis Underhill, Sam Sole Author and Sam Sole
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Article
/ 8 April 2011

Two charged with ‘political’ killing

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of the head of communications of Mpumalanga’s department of sports, culture and recreation.

By Lungile Dube
Hawks probe top cops
Article
/ 25 March 2011

Hawks probe top cops

Krejcir’s network could extend to police and Balkan drug smugglers.

By Sam Sole Author, Sam Sole, Craig Mckune and Stefaans Brummer
Cele scolded by Parliament
Article
/ 22 March 2011

Cele scolded by Parliament

The national police leadership received a rubbishing from Parliament’s portfolio committee on police on Tuesday.

By Emsie Ferreira
Study on police crime ‘misleading’, says Mthethwa
Article
/ 14 February 2011

Study on police crime ‘misleading’, says Mthethwa

An SA Institute of Race Relations study on South Africa’s corrupt police is "misleading", Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 19 January 2011

Murder rates highest in rural areas, survey shows

Nine of the 10 municipalities with the highest murder rates in SA are in rural areas, the SA Institute for Race Relations said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
Cele: No excuses for ineffective policing
Article
/ 12 January 2011

Cele: No excuses for ineffective policing

Gauteng police have no excuse not to attend to a crime timeously as they now have more resources, police chief Bheki Cele said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 3 January 2011

Giving is the greatest gift of all

It may help people sleep better at night to think that a British husband might have organised for his Swedish-born wife to be killed in South Africa.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 31 December 2010

Not the criminals of the year

Although crime remains a serious concern, the South African Police Service shared some of its lighter moments of 2010 with the public.

By Mirah Langer
Race, class and the Dewani case
Analysis
/ 21 December 2010

Race, class and the Dewani case

The Anni Dewani case has gripped the nation and created a media frenzy. Of course we can’t come to any final conclusions.

By Imraan Buccus
How the Disney dream died
Article
/ 21 December 2010

How the Disney dream died

There once was a place where neighbours greeted neighbours in the quiet of summer twilight.

By Ed Pilkington
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Article
/ 3 December 2010

Study shows white people feel least threatened by crime

An Afrobarometer survey on political opinion has showed that white people do not feel more vulnerable to crime than other population groups.

By Mg Reporter
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Article
/ 17 November 2010

Teenager shot 25 times: Appeal dismissed by court

The appeal by two Cape Flats men convicted in a case where a 15-year-old pregnant girl survived after being shot 25 times, was dismissed on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
Over 700 murders in Gugulethu since 2005
Article
/ 16 November 2010

Over 700 murders in Gugulethu since 2005

SAIIR said the police were out of touch with reality for expressing shock at the murder of a tourist in Gugulethu, Cape Town.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 15 November 2010

Russian reporters under attack

Two young men beat a Russian journalist unconscious outside his office on November 8, 48 hours after another reporter was attacked with an iron bar.

By Tom Parfitt
Why South Africa is so violent
Article
/ 9 November 2010

Why South Africa is so violent

Violent crime is deeply ingrained in the social fabric of the country and cannot simply be solved through the criminal justice system.

By Faranaaz Parker
Doctors voice fear over safety at SA’s hospitals
Article
/ 3 November 2010

Doctors voice fear over safety at SA’s hospitals

Health practitioners have urged the health minister to tackle the issue safety in hospitals following the assault and gang rape of a doctor.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 24 October 2010

SA govt signs pact to fight crime

South Africa’s government on Sunday vowed to reduce violent crime by signing a delivery pact which sets out a programme of action.

By Staff Reporter
‘Crime has the potential to derail our economic prosperity’
Article
/ 20 October 2010

‘Crime has the potential to derail our economic prosperity’

Crime has the potential to derail South Africa’s economic prosperity, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 30 September 2010

Mthethwa wonders why SA crime is so violent

National Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday urged researchers to contribute towards reducing violent crime in South Africa.

By Staff Reporter
Gauteng ‘being held to ransom by criminals’
Article
/ 13 September 2010

Gauteng ‘being held to ransom by criminals’

About 50% of South Africa’s crime is committed in Gauteng, the new Gauteng police commissioner, Mzwandile Petros, said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 5 August 2010

Vigilantism not the answer, say cops

Communities plagued by crime, often violent, claim desperation as the reason for their acts of vigilantism, an expert says.

By Phumza Sokana
Greece players have money stolen from hotel
Article
/ 10 June 2010

Greece players have money stolen from hotel

Three members of Greece’s Soccer World Cup squad had cash stolen from their hotel rooms in Durban, a team official said on Thursday.

By Nick Mulvenney
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Article
/ 10 June 2010

Chinese journalists robbed in SA

An armed gang stole money and a camera from four Chinese journalists in South Africa for the Soccer World Cup, Chinese media reported on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
Security firms make killing from World Cup
Article
/ 5 June 2010

Security firms make killing from World Cup

As the Soccer World Cup nears, tourists and foreign businessmen spooked by South Africa’s crime rate are hiring bodyguards.

By Charlotte Plantive
Hotel workers charged with stealing from Colombia team
Article
/ 28 May 2010

Hotel workers charged with stealing from Colombia team

Police arrested two hotel workers on charges of stealing from Colombia’s national soccer team, a media report said on Friday.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 14 May 2010

Security concerns after Mozambique tourist attacks

A crime wave against foreign tourists in Mozambique has raised concerns about security at its normally idyllic Indian Ocean resorts.

By Johannes Myburgh
Solidarity presses anti-crime message
Article
/ 11 May 2010

Solidarity presses anti-crime message

Trade union Solidarity has produced a documentary in which victims of crime speak about their ordeals, it said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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