Whistleblower Thabiso Zulu can’t explain his situation to his son, but continues to expose wrongdoing and show solidarity with others
The arbitration hearing in which former cop Jeremy Vearey was challenging his dismissal concluded its proceedings on Monday 13 September
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
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Minister’s ‘interference’ said to undermine SAPS’ restructuring and the filling of 160 000 posts
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Sources have claimed that the minister is still yearning to be police commissioner and is usurping Khehla Sitole’s powers
Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane goes into isolation and pledges to buy 1000 masks to show her ‘remorse’
Mpumalanga police commissioner Mondli Zuma has allegedly flouted regulations to purchase a flashy fleet.
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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
Not all police officers are guilty of killing criminals who cross their path, writes SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo.
Covid-19 has entered the police and corrective system, with the Eastern Cape hit hard
Photographers say police are preventing them from doing their jobs properly by harassing, assaulting and detaining them, just for taking pictures.
A warrant of arrest has been issued for the head of police crime intelligence General Richard Mdluli, police said on Wednesday.
According to the United States embassy, 14 Americans in the past 12 months have been robbed at gunpoint after landing at the OR Tambo international airport in Kempton Park, a media report said on Tuesday. The embassy said that gangs of robbers targeted people arriving at airport and robbed them either at their destinations or on the way to their destinations.
A foreign tourist was robbed of his luggage upon his arrival at Johannesburg’s Westcliff Hotel from the OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday, said a hotel spokesperson. Another two tourists, who were in the reception area checking out at the time, were also robbed of their bags, said Gabrielle Palmer.
Foreign nationals arriving at OR Tambo International Airport will not be required to furnish customs officials with their addresses, the border control operational coordinating committee said on Monday. Committee chairperson Humbulani Ravele told a press briefing: ”As a precautionary measure, customs officials removed the address fill-ins on the forms.”
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/ 3 December 2007
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has declined to discuss the withdrawal of its protection services for South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande. ”It’s not something we can discuss in the public domain,” said national police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Vish Naidoo on Monday.
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Police have defended National Commissioner Jackie Selebi’s undertaking that crime would not mar the past weekend’s World Cup qualifying draw in Durban. ”The commissioner was 100% correct in that he was talking about what the police could be responsible for,” said national police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Vish Naidoo on Monday.
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/ 14 November 2007
Johannesburg police discovered 16kg of cocaine with a street value of R7,2-million at OR Tambo International Airport on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Vish Naidoo said officers came across the drugs, hidden in a knapsack, in the airport’s cargo section. The knapsack was concealed in a maize bag.