There has been a 56% increase in the number of missing police dockets over the past year, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday.
Pearlie Joubert visits a place where drugs, gangs and crime rule.
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/ 24 February 2009
A grade 12 pupil was stabbed and wounded, allegedly by another boy at Florida Park High School on Johannesburg’s West Rand on Tuesday, police said.
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/ 16 February 2009
Crime remains the biggest challenge facing Gauteng, Premier Paul Mashatile said delivering his state of the province address on Monday.
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/ 16 February 2009
Despite declining statistics South Africans still believe it’s out of control.
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/ 2 February 2009
A grade 10 pupil was shot and killed, allegedly by a police officer, in his classroom at a Mpumalanga high school, police said on Monday.
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/ 12 January 2009
Two men arrested in connection with the murder of an Inkatha Freedom Party youth leader appeared in the Mtubatuba Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Tougher legislation to deal with ruthless police killers would be a positive step, the South African Police Union said on Friday.
Minister of Safety and Security Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday that the public’s perception of police corruption was correct.
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/ 24 December 2008
Police officers’ use of firearms need to be far more strictly controlled, KwaZulu-Natal monitor and researcher Mary de Haas said on Wednesday.
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/ 19 December 2008
Breyten Breytenbach has unleashed his pen against crime in his homeland in a US magazine, prompting a rebuke from Nelson Mandela’s office.
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/ 5 December 2008
A man who was renting out illegal guns to criminals and security companies was arrested in Mthatha on Friday, said Eastern Cape police.
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/ 5 December 2008
South Africans are not optimistic about the future, according to this year’s South African Reconciliation barometer.
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/ 4 December 2008
Americans will on Friday toast the 75th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, which began in 1920 and was repealed in 1933 on economic grounds.
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/ 3 December 2008
A Gauteng aggravated robbery strategy was launched by Premier Paul Mashatile on Wednesday to boost crime-fighting initiatives in the province.
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/ 2 December 2008
A unified approach comprising all sectors of the economy and society is needed to fight crime in the country, Deputy President Baleka Mbete says.
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/ 1 December 2008
Corruption and ill-discipline in the police service will not be tolerated, Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday.
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/ 1 December 2008
Advertising executive Penny Holt loves South Africa but power cuts, a murky political climate and violent crime made her think about leaving.
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/ 27 November 2008
The ANC election manifesto will introduce policy changes while tightening functional ones, party president Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday night.
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/ 26 November 2008
Cape Verde’s deportees say they return home only to find plentiful drugs, unemployment and discrimination.
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/ 26 November 2008
Business against Crime South Africa has issued basic safety and security precautions to safeguard travellers over the upcoming holiday season.
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/ 22 November 2008
Nothing will be left to chance concerning security issues at the Confederations Cup and Soccer World Cup, a minister said on Saturday.
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/ 17 November 2008
Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for six criminals responsible for a spate of armed robberies, a spokesperson said on Monday.
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/ 12 November 2008
The new ”get tough” approach to fighting crime was elaborated on on Wednesday by Nathi Mthethwa, the new Minister of Safety and Security.
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/ 8 November 2008
Two people were shot and wounded in armed robberies at the Northgate shopping mall, Johannesburg paramedics said on Friday.
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/ 21 October 2008
The financial crisis is a double whammy for police in many US cities: they face budget cuts as they brace for an expected surge in crime.
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/ 14 October 2008
The International Maritime Organisation speaks to us about how it plans to deal with bandits around Africa’s horn.
Parliament has started winding down the Directorate of Special Operations — better known as the Scorpions.
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/ 15 September 2008
A suspected robber in his early twenties was shot and killed in Killarney, Johannesburg police said on Sunday.
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/ 11 September 2008
When the political will to deal with elite crimes falters, a culture of impunity takes hold.
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/ 4 September 2008
The DA has raised concerns over the South African Police Service’s ability to undertake complex crime investigations.
A US tourist was shot and robbed in Durban on Sunday morning. Inspector Michael Read said the man was attacked near the Victoria Street Market.