Sources have claimed that the minister is still yearning to be police commissioner and is usurping Khehla Sitole’s powers
The Hawks backtrack after saying four suspects arrested last week would be charged with murder; one of their own also arrested on charges of corruption
With high-profile savagery by the police becoming routine, what can be done to transform our broken relationship with law enforcement?
Authorities confirmed the fire had been largely contained by early Monday afternoon, although reports suggest the fire had jumped the road near Tafelberg Drive
This separate fire was not an extension of the Rhodes Memorial fire, according to authorities
This is an ode to the women whose names made it into news outlets from 2018 to 2020. It’s also a tribute to the faceless, nameless women whose stories remain untold.
Government uses a new method to destroy confiscated cigarettes in Cape Town and hopes to send out a message of zero tolerance after lockdown bans boosted illegal imports
The SAPS has received more than R500-billion over the past five years, yet commercial crime cases such as Steinhoff drag on
Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free
Every single year we have the same conversation about students protesting about registration problems at universities and police brutality. The two ministers are clearly inept
Police warn against fake Covid-19 vaccines and urge the public to report any criminal activities
A former employee allegedly ran an intricate scam to steal 8700 phones from the cellular giant
An examination of South African statistics reveal that the police are substantially more violent than those in the United States or Canada
The ambiguity between traditional and constitutional leadership has been exposed by the violent banishment of an Eastern Cape family
Thami Hlongwa seems to be in hiding after a blacklisted technology company scored millions from Umgeni Water and the owner was murdered
An old-age grant recipient was allegedly paid just R5 000 a month to be a director of one of the Chetty-owned companies
The City of Cape Town has called on the police and transport ministers to establish a police unit to investigate public transportation crimes
The Durban businessman’s family members will be arrested and will be back in the dock in May along with former KwaZulu-Natal cops.
The state says its ready to prosecute axed top cops for the alleged looting of a secret intelligence fund
The family-run syndicate behind the alleged scam may have looted even more — as much as R1-billion
The health regulatory authority has not approved the antiparasitic drug to treat Covid-19, despite calls on the government to approve its use, as there is no data to support its effectiveness
The escape of violent offenders has exposed a slew of alleged negligent deaths at Kgosi Mampuru prison
The costs include expenditure on security, justice and health rather than on productive efforts, investment is driven away and psychological effects results in lower productivity
COMMENT: Excessive force and lack of accountability characterise South Africa’s police force
Mpumalanga police commissioner Mondli Zuma has allegedly flouted regulations to purchase a flashy fleet.
South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city
Brigadier Sifiso Cele denies the rape allegations, saying that they are part of a smear campaign and that criminal charges should have been opened if the accusations were true
Police deny allegations of a cover-up of Mondli Zuma’s accident in a state-owned luxury car
The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase
The coronavirus lockdown has added new dimensions to a decades-long struggle for electricity in the far west of Soweto, where residents have challenged the situation fiercely in recent weeks
Tensions between the City of Cape Town and the police service over responsibilities mirrors the strain between national and local government
Forty-three people were shot dead in the first six months of this year in the Western Cape’s intractable taxi violence, while close to 100 have been arrested and 40 are on court rolls in connection with the conflict