The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September
The governing party will call off political activities in areas of KwaZulu-Natal where threats are detected ahead of time
The 34 police officers who died in the line of duty this year were remembered at the annual national commemoration day
Evidence at the arbitration hearing into the dismissal of high-ranking cop Jeremy Vearey reflects major battles at the very top of the SAPS
The fired cop’s arbitration hearing was postponed to next month just as police put forward video material
The use of the phrase ‘lighting up the shadows’ was a deliberate application of mind on Jeremy Vearey’s part targeted at the SAPS, police counsel argues.
Eastern Cape police commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga told the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council on Tuesday 17 August that discipline was the cornerstone of the South African Police Service (SAPS) and that former Western Cape detective head Major General Jeremy Vearey had undermined it with derogatory Facebook posts Ntshinga was appointed by national […]
Nine years later, the government has not finalised damages claims, but has paid millions for Phiyega to contest the scathing findings against her
Statistics South Africa, the number of houses hit has increased from 2.1-million in 2015-16 to 2.3-million in 2019-20
In Madlala, the police and army broke into homes in an operation to retrieve stolen goods. After they left, a woman lay dead in a pool of her blood behind a shack
Provincial government says it cannot deal with the magnitude of the damage to infrastructure alone
In Parliament on Thursday, the police minister and national police commissioner lamented that officers had become hesitant to execute their duties
More than ever before, decisive leadership is needed from politicians, military leadership and civil society to march the South African National Defence Force in the right direction
The social, political and economic problems of poor governance need to be fixed so that public resources are managed and distributed equally
Extortion rackets are part of a corrupt system that includes religious leaders, councillors, police and syndicates
Western Cape government cuts off its Blue Dot incentive payments to Cata and Codeta and financial support agreement with Santaco
Whereas low-level looters may receive fines or community service, the masterminds will be dealt with ‘ruthlessly’, says prosecutions head
Some blame the feud between the police minister and the national police commissioner blamed for slow reaction to unrest
Police have caught wind of plans for a second phase of violence after last week’s riots, apparently set to kick off with the looting of arms in KwaZulu-Natal
The past week’s violence and looting – and the potential for an orchestrated race war in the province – have evoked haunting scenes from a bitter and bloody history
There will be no state of emergency, but authorities are working to bring instigators of the week’s violence to book, the president said on Friday night
Government officials will now still have to wait like everyone else to receive their Covid jab, according to the health deputy director general
Minister’s ‘interference’ said to undermine SAPS’ restructuring and the filling of 160 000 posts
Police minister Bheki Cele and national commissioner Khehla Sitole receive their Covid-19 vaccines as inoculation starts for law enforcement
From being axed by Jacob Zuma, Bheki Cele is now tasked with putting him in jail
The national coronavirus command council explained why additional restrictions were placed on the entire country
But the forensic analyst has also claimed to be a victim of identity fraud
The Western Cape head of detectives was found to have brought the police service into disrepute with a series of Facebook posts taking aim at national commissioner Khehla Sitole
The family members of mineworkers killed during the Marikana massacre in 2012 have yet to see a police officer held to account, and police testimony thus far appears unclear
Nafiz Modack is the second person to be charged with killing Charl Kinnear and five others are accused of conspiracy to commit murder, among 61 other charges
The state’s case against Nafiz Modack and co-accused has been transferred to the Blue Downs regional court over security concerns
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate found no misconduct was committed by police who used a water cannon on a crowd outside the Sassa office in Bellville, Cape Town