The state prosecutor had argued for imprisonment, saying Mashaba had no respect for the rule of law
Police Minister Bheki Cele said the police service is working with Interpol and other organisations after a tip-off that the child could be overseas
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The arrests were made early on Wednesday in Soweto, two days after detectives recovered Fleurs’s car
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Investigating officer Scotch Tabane says Mashaba, who is also the subject of a R34 million SIU investigation, is also a suspect in two cases of arson and one of attempted murder
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Police have dismissed rumours that the six-year-old was kidnapped for muthi, saying there was no evidence of this
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Fallon Finch’s family claims she did not receive emergency medical treatment that could have saved her life because she told the doctor she could not afford the cost of blood tests
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The authority seems to have dragged its feet in the arrest of a convicted criminal
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On Tuesday, motorists were robbed at gunpoint at the Crown Interchange during peak Johannesburg traffic
Brigadier Selvy Mohlala has been accused of misconduct and bringing the South African Police Service into disrepute
There have been seven police ministers over the past three decades and not one has cracked a decent crime busting grade
The AfriForum report says 95% of serious and violent rural crimes committed over the past four years remain unsolved
Hiring 10  000 new recruits annually will not solve the crime crisis because of poor training and policing, as well as rampant corruption
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The Randburg magistrate’s court ruled the state had a weak case against granting bail and postponed the matter to 27 September
Phineas Molefo Boshielo is one of eight officers accused of assaulting three military trainees on a Johannesburg highway
Eight police officers linked to deputy president face charges of assault, malicious damage to property and discharging a firearm near Fourways
A private security firm has arrested the man depicted in a video that went viral on social media, showing him allegedly hijacking and torching a truck
The police are out in full force protecting national freeways against further attacks on trucks after 21 vehicles were torched this week
Police minister Bheki Cele has still not commented on the brutal beatings
On July 9, looting and violence started in KwaZulu-Natal and the scars of those eight terrible days are still red and angry
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When people are robbed of their dignity, it should not be a surprise that agents of the state feel it is acceptable to beat the consciousness out of a man on the side of the road
‘Paymaster’ in Namibian Fishrot saga granted R50 000 bail
Judgment on whether Marén de Klerk will be released on bail pending his extradition hearing was reserved for Friday
In a country with one of the highest crime rates in the world, police officers have a reputation for being corrupt
The National Prosecuting Authority wants to recover R102 million allegedly stolen through crooked SAPS contracts
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Senior offices ‘received’ R4.7 million from Chetty crime family, which allegedly milked the police in 53 ‘fraudulent’ tenders
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Mutilating and murdering someone has nothing to do with healing and everything to do with power, protection, financial gain and influence
The Special Investigating Unit found that Hassan Kajee ‘inflated prices’ and ‘double-charged’ for work he did – and did not do – for the state
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The son allegedly declared zero income in 2021 despite raking in R29 million in state contracts
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Corruption allegations against crime intelligence head Dumisani Khumalo have allegedly affected ‘operational work’
More than 82 people a day are murdered in the country
More funds expected for SAPS, the National Prosecuting Authority and the Special Investigating Unit in the government’s effort to combat crime
Two suspects have been arrested for attempted murder, and a key suspect for various shootings remains at large