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
The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning
Drug abuse trends upward during the festive season
No members of the police, defence force or state security have been implicated ‘at this stage’ in ongoing investigations into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng
Minister of police only receives information from national commissioner that relates to him, commission hears
A rhino-poaching suspect, who recently escaped from police custody, has been identified as a criminal who was serving multiple life sentences when he broke out of prison last year
The National Prosecuting Authority’s leaders have been accused of bowing to external pressures for the stalled arrest of police generals
The suspended national police commissioner told the SAHRC it was the first time the country had seen unrest that began at a level aimed at debilitating the police’s available resources
The rhetoric had a clear political undertone and had to do with power – Pietermaritzburg business chamber
Jeremy Vearey encouraged a ‘mini insurrection’ with his Facebook posts, arbitration hearing finds
Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue
In both Marikana and the 2014 Brits protests, the police claimed ignorance about the use of banned birdshot ammunition
Three suspects remain in custody following their arrest on charges of attempted murder and assault after eight taxis were impounded
According to the annual report, there is a shortage of 548 detectives in the province, and one detective deals with between 40 and 60 cases
Our collective apathy towards public order policing has had deadly consequences, especially for the poor
‘He was eating something. Then we heard a gunshot go off.’ This is what Tahira Kaldine testified in court on Wednesday at the Nathaniel Julies murder trial
State witness Mandla Sithole’s testimony has again unveiled the scant regard for protocol or the rule of law by police officers
Afrobarometer reports that confidence in the police has halved over the last 10 years, with 73% of respondents saying they have little to no trust in the police
Brutality trend emerges in trial against Eldorado Park police trio facing charges relating to the murder of Nathaniel Julies
The alleged intransigence of the national police commissioner Khehla Sitole in working with police watchdog Ipid could see him removed from office
Suspects still at large following the execution-style killing of three women aged 17, 20 and 21
Three young women have been shot dead execution-style in one of Cape Town’s gang-riddled communities
Former top cops file applications to contest the ‘unreasonable delays’ in their fraud matter, also known as the ‘blue-light’ tender
‘He was like a loving father,’ says community member of murdered teacher in Philippi, Western Cape
Three members affiliated with taxi association Cata have been gunned down at the Joe Slovo minibus taxi rank in Cape Town