It’s not every day that police officers are robbed of their service pistols and locked in their police vans, but it happened on Tuesday.
Public fury at the death of the Bafana Bafana captain may push policymakers into making bad decisions when it comes to crime and policing.
If the police can jump to attention when Senzo Meyiwa gets killed and put its top people on the case, why can’t it do that for other crimes?
Police have opened an arson inquiry into a fire that broke out shortly after midnight at SA’s first women, Christian and gay-friendly mosque.
Hundreds of police cars are out of action after the SAPS botched a multimillion-rand spares tender
Crime figures at the Sophiatown police station have risen and even the dilapidated flats where officers live with their families are not immune.
The crimes that are most preventable by police increased sharply last year. And the good news on rape is probably not good news at all.
Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko has urged the public to report criminals who’ve killed police officers.
Advocates For Transformation has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the SAPS’ employment equity plan.
Police claims about shooting at miners as a last resort appear to be thrown into question by a video shown to the Marikana inquiry.
The battle to ensure the separation of the Hawks from the police, in a case stemming from 2008, continues in the Constitutional Court on Tuesday.
Deliberate political decisions have been taken to move South Africa towards repression, writes Jane Duncan.
Frustration leads some people to long for the death sentence, but capital punishment would do nothing against the causes of crime.
An SAPS unit commander ordered his men to sweep the koppie for guns instead of aiding the wounded.
Police oversight should include matters such as how budgets are spent and not just how officers treat civilians, the Khayelitsha commission has heard.
The SAPS has quizzed Lieutenant Colonel Salmon Vermaak about an episode where he instructed a junior police officer to fire at a protester in 2012.
In a complaint to Icasa, the SAPS says the "Ayisafani" advert "would incite violence against the police", according to the authority’s spokesperson.
The South African Police Union says the public is being misled over the dismissal of 1 017 police officers for having criminal records.
More than 1 000 police officers with criminal records will be removed from the South African Police Service, says Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
Western Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer has apologised to residents at the Khayelitsha commission for the lack of crime-fighting by the SAPS.
The public must refrain from being "armchair critics" when it comes to how the police deal with protests, says the Gauteng acting commissioner.
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has come out in defence of the police, saying they are well trained and not brutal.
Police commissioner Riah Phiyega has defended the actions of under-siege police as new killings rock the troubled village of Kubjana near Relela.
A lesbian rape survivor and community activist has told the Khayelitsha probe into policing how insensitive officers added to her ordeal.
The Khayelitsha commission of inquiry into policing has begun with an in loco inspection of the police station.
A Daily Sun journalist has been assaulted by police after taking photos of them allegedly accepting a bribe, says the newspaper.
Questions have been raised about the demise of the top cop who voiced despair over the police’s "lack of integrity".
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called an emergency meeting after Bheki Cele spoke of an alleged police "hit list" containing 18 officers’ names.
Seven customs officials and two police officers have been arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from rich foreigners.
Rubber shots have been fired at protesters at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, say police.
Police say they have not charged musician Khuli Chana with murder as the investigation into the case is still continuing.
Sanef deputy Makhudu Sefara speaks about the police’s threats of legal action over intercepted calls involving commissioner Riah Phiyega.