It is more than a decade since the 2008 attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa, during which more than 60 people were killed
Despite court action against eight murder-accused, the killings and extortion in the KwaZulu-Natal hostel have continued
Authorities are accused of taking violent crime in the Western Cape’s rural areas more seriously than on the Cape Flats, writes Lester Kiewit
According to SAPS, at around 9pm, Xolo and Mbuthuma were attacked in the old section of the hostel
While the police figure is visible, they are not exactly accountable to the citizens.
The two allegedly colluded by settling a R34-million claim that the South African Police Service had ordered them to defend
Police are investigating the allegations of a paedophile ring contained in the book ‘The Lost Boys of Bird Island’
The Victims of Crime Survey for 2015-2016, released by Statistics South Africa, shows that South Africans are generally reluctant to report crime
A former Hawks spokesperson claims he alerted the Sunday Times to the fact that it was being used
The department of justice has failed to compensate miners for their losses
On average, 57 South Africans are killed a day, Minister of Police Bheki Cele told Parliament
Police raids were set up following violent clashes which started in Soweto but then spread to other areas in Gauteng last week
The deaths come a week before eight men allegedly involved in the murder of residents are set to make a court appearance
The recent assault and murder of Xolisile Ndzongana has once again painted a picture of a town marred by racial tensions
Sibusiso Emanuel Tshabalala is facing a murder charge after he shot and killed his son in what he says was a freak accident
The case was withdrawn after the magistrate dismissed the state’s application for a postponement
The disgraced former top cop, his wife and a car dealer are expected back in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria
SAPS will pay legal costs for three apartheid era security policemen who stand accused of murdering Umkhonto weSizwe fighter Nokuthula Simelane
The stabilisation operation will focus on Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape
Department officials have characterised the situation at the hospital as being ‘out of control’ and say police have been called to the scene
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
The SAPS supplier threatened to shut down the justice system if the police didn’t pay by midnight
IPID spokesperson Moses Dlamini confirmed that he received reports that Tshabalala had poisoned himself
The division is just one of the areas in the SAPS that the new police minister wants to reform
A tech company is holding the justice system to "ransom"
The police dodged blame at the inquiry, trying to absolve themselves from responsibility for failure to solve the almost 100 murders
The DA Federal Executive chairperson filed a complaint against De Lille after receiving an “unsolicited affidavit” from a business person
IPID alleged the police reabsorbed "Captain KGB" after being released from prison in 2015 and that he was still receiving a salary while incarcerated.
Previously councils had to ask the South African Police Service for a threat and risk analysis before they were allowed to pay for mayoral bodyguards.
Corruption still bedevils the agency but Molepo says he will not be an armchair chief executive
The experiences of activists who were tortured during apartheid and those tortured after 1994 are chillingly similar.