Data collection, R1-billion in funding, behavioural change and investigators: This is how the Western Cape is trying to deal with violent crime
Corruption and police complicity are hindering South Africa’s efforts to combat this crime
Women denied their right to vote after police burn ID books
Simphiwe Mayisela was suspended from the PIC in November of 2017 and eventually dismissed on June 2018 following various charges of misconduct
Former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has been arrested — this time on new charges stemming from an Ipid investigation
South Africans need an effective unit that will tackle corruption and the party promises this
Despite an assurance last year that the case was proceeding, the son of one of the four men who were assassinated believes the ANC is blocking it
What was meant to be a sure-fire way to prevent criminals from sneaking into the force has been thwarted
Criminal activity leeches into the education system because of what pupils are exposed to elsewhere
Proposed changes to South African labour laws threaten to set back workers rights
In a directive seen by the M&G, police are advised to immediately cease the arrest of people found in possession of cannabis
It failed to recommend that people implicated in the KwaZulu-Natal killings face prosecution
As thousands of mining jobs are cut, families of striking workers slain in 2012 still await compensation and justice
Opponents to amnesty for people with unlicensed weapons say SAPS can’t even secure their own firearms
Krejcir has highlighted allegations of torture at the hands of his arresting officers
To significantly reduce violence and harm in South Africa, the police should expand the strategy in three ways
The sons of Ismail Bassa have recalled of how they tried to fight off his attacker.
The boy was rolling two tyres down Wale Street in preparation for the protest when two officers apprehended him and placed him in a police van
SAPS will pay legal costs for three apartheid era security policemen who stand accused of murdering Umkhonto weSizwe fighter Nokuthula Simelane
Rival bosses in Cape Town make up after a bloody feud that claimed the lives of 13 people and wounded commuters
A priority committee is set to be established within the SAPS to deal with land protests after city officials requested more action
The police minister wants to clean up the force from its police service to its crime intelligence unit
In April FDA shut down the police’s firearm permit system and property control and exhibit management
In Ministry of Crime, Mandy Wiener describes the way organised crime and powerful political figures joined forces to subvert the law.
In this edited extract from her new book, Heist, Anneliese Burgess says the plague of cash-in-transit robberies is only getting worse
Residents and authorities are challenging people who are trying to occupy land in Johannesburg
A letter purporting to be from the South African Police Service has been widely spread on WhatsApp
The trade union has embarked on a picket outside Fortune Steel in an effort to force the company to comply with health and safety laws
The battle between the police and a supplier that switched off access to critical IT systems last week, has hit the courts
IPID spokesperson Moses Dlamini confirmed that he received reports that Tshabalala had poisoned himself
‘I understand killing someone in self defence, but when I saw the man hiding behind the rocks being shot at close range, it took its toll’
IPID alleged the police reabsorbed "Captain KGB" after being released from prison in 2015 and that he was still receiving a salary while incarcerated.