Police and minerals department tell briefing a specialised team will be appointed in each province to fight illegal mining
Eight out of the 44 widows are still waiting for their houses but Sibanye-Stillwater says they are ‘under construction’
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An ex-gang member tells how his life was turned around when a pastor intervened in the violence that was devastating his community
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The Trafficking in Persons has found that the government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so
Police will struggle to solve murders and massacres, as well as other crimes, because of corruption, shoddy management, low level officers being promoted and internal divisions in the police service
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Documents suggest the minister had no business attending Interpol events in Turkey and Dubai
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There are few convictions, many cases are withdrawn and there is a lack of resources, training and staff
The minister allegedly tried to influence procurement and appointments to key management posts, top cop tells Ramaphosa
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Civil group alleges that SANDF and SAPS members have been pressured to stop cooperating with its civilian safety structure
The City of Cape Town has awarded a R30-million contract for three years to combat crime in ganglands
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Corruption and greed blamed as political rivalries turn increasingly violent in the region
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Despite being on trial for murder, kidnapping and torture, Colonel Ismael Dawood still commands the kidnapping task team
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It is unclear whether the murder accused will lay charges against two inmates after being beaten up in the vehicle transporting them to court
Moyhdian Pangkaeker absconded from parole twice yet was released on a warning three days after his arrest for assault in 2019, just months before the eight-year-old’s death
Provincial government and the City of Cape Town cannot plug the gap for national government’s responsibility for crime prevention, says DA
The murders are thought to be linked to extortion networks in the informal settlements and surrounding areas
‘Sufficient police visibility’ planned in the suburbs of Maitland and Ndabeni.
Law enforcement cannot function adequately if its leadership structures are dysfunctional
Some 347 cases of corruption were reported to the commission in the last quarter of 2021, with the majority of these relating to the South African Social Security Agency
Coal orders from Europe have increased in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but dysfunctional local infrastructure remains a challenge
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Sixteen months have passed since November 2020, when the trial was expected to begin
The firearm believed to have been used by the sergeant in the shooting was reportedly stolen soon after the incident
The senior administrator in the Free State police service has reported corruption, irregular appointments and promotions, as well as crimes involving guns to her line managers or the Hawks
National police commissioner Khehla Sitole, who’s had a tense standoff with police minister Bheki Cele, has been shown the door
A portion of the government’s revenue overrun, the result of the commodity boom, will be used to pay provincial employees
The finance minister adds R426-million to employ 90 more staff for the Investigating Directorate, but most of it must be found through ‘reprioritisation’
The persecution of the ‘troublesome’ Teffo began in earnest after he took on two criminal matters in which he says police and politicians are complicit in charging the wrong people, those he is defending
Instigators took to social media to stoke fears among police officers, the police minister told the South African Human Rights Commission hearings on Monday
The police minister insisted that nobody should think the country was under any form of attack
The ratio of private security members to citizens is 1:106, whereas that of police officers to citizens is 1:413
More revelations in multimillion-rand Mayfair kidnapping
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The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning