The ANC wants Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa to probe the alleged beating of a man to death by police during a protest in Ficksburg in the Free State.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa and police chief Bheki Cele have been notified that the lawyer for fraud-accused Radovan Krejcir is suing the state.
Allegations that crime intelligence boss Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli was involved in a 1999 murder appear to have set off a propaganda war.
Police will "thoroughly" investigate a special unit’s alleged assault and intimidation of patrons at a Hillbrow bar, the police minister says.
The police minister has refused repeated requests by the HRC to respond in detail to the arrest of 25-year-old Chumani Maxwele.
The investigation into a controversial visit by two police officers to the Public Protector’s offices last week is still underway, police said.
Senior office bearers of Popcru disagree with union’s blanket support for the commissioner.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned on Wednesday that violence in strikes and protests will be punished.
An SA Institute of Race Relations study on South Africa’s corrupt police is "misleading", Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday.
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/ 24 November 2010
Psychological services need to be boosted within SAPS to ensure members can fully carry out their duties, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said.
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema cost taxpayers more than R886 000 for police bodyguards, it emerged on Tuesday.
Violent crime is deeply ingrained in the social fabric of the country and cannot simply be solved through the criminal justice system.
Discovery of unrecorded post-mortem reports and allegations of police negligence and manipulation of crime figures raises alarm bells
SACP says attack on Mpumalanga politician ‘linked to rumours he will be made premier’
Corrupt policemen need to be kicked out of the force, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Crime has the potential to derail South Africa’s economic prosperity, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Wednesday.
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/ 30 September 2010
National Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday urged researchers to contribute towards reducing violent crime in South Africa.
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/ 9 September 2010
Violent crime declined last year in South Africa, the police minister said on Thursday, with murders down 8,6% to under 17 000.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday dismissed reports of xenophobic attacks in some parts of the country.
SA’s police force lost 5 362 firearms in the past two years, with nearly 90% still unrecovered, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Wednesday.
The Soccer World Cup faces no terror threat at the moment, according to Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
Security forces paraded their World Cup arsenal on Monday, hoping to reassure fans SA will be safe during football’s premier event.
Police take an impartial approach to farm safety and won’t be affected by politicians’ attempts to polarise the issue, says the police minister.
An attempt to cut back the number of farm murders was announced by Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa in Pretoria on Monday.
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/ 10 February 2010
Foreign football fans can rest assured that the vuvuzela is not an instrument of war, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Tuesday.
People who threaten to disrupt the much-awaited Soccer World Cup in June will face the full might of the law, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa warned.
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/ 29 January 2010
South Africans and police critics should give the country’s officers "a break for one day", Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said on Friday.
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/ 29 January 2010
Helen Zille has accused Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa of breaching his duty by taking cops off the street to attend a morale-boosting event.
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/ 22 January 2010
One of the criminals who threatened to target the Soccer World Cup in an eNews interview was expected to appear in court on Monday.
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/ 21 January 2010
“We are of the view that a friend of a criminal is a criminal,” said Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa on Thursday afternoon.
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/ 18 November 2009
The cost and use of the police jet bought last year was defended by Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa in Pretoria on Wednesday.
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/ 12 November 2009
It is unavoidable that innocent civilians will get shot in the crossfire between police and criminals, Deputy Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says.