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The joint task force comprising the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to tackle crime will not see soldiers performing ordinary policing functions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SANDF deployment to back police set to start on 31 March

National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said the army would play a supporting role to the South African Police Service

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

Man implicated by slain Witness D survives Boksburg shooting

Wiandre Pretorius was shot at 16 times and walked away unharmed by what police believe was a targeted hit after he was implicated at the Madlanga Commission

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. (SAPS/X)

Three suspects identified in killing of Madlanga commission’s Witness D

Police have detained one of the suspects, who is currently being questioned, national police commissioner Fannie Masemola told journalists

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, was arrested for attempted murder on Thursday after a shooting at his Hyde Park residence

Killing of Witness D casts doubt on state’s ability to protect those testifying at Madlanga commission

The inquiry into corruption in the criminal justice system will submit its interim report to President Cyril Ramaphosa by 17 December

The Gauteng government says businesses that missed the registration window will be closed down. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Non-registered food-handling businesses risk fines, arrests and closures, government reiterates

Friday is the last day for such outlets, including spaza shops, to register in line with a government directive issued after children’s deaths from contaminated food

The labour court last week halted an attempt by the South African Police Service management to subject Major General Feroz Khan, its head of security and counter-intelligence, to an expeditious disciplinary process which could have led to his summary dismissal.
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Natjoints says measures are in place to ensure safe elections on 29 May

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure chairperson Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili said security forces were aware of calls for a shutdown by a group of…

EFF leader Julius Malema (Oupa Nkosi)

Malema claims shutdown victory, but state says it flopped

Police said that by 10pm on Monday night, at least 550 protestors had been arrested and 24 300 tyres were confiscated

Eighty-seven protestors had been arrested for public violence-related offences since Sunday night. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

87 shutdown protestors arrested, more than 24 000 tyres seized

Julius Malema has touted the shutdown as the start of a ‘revolution’

Police Minister Bheki Cele. Photo: Supplied

Police identify 300 high risk areas during local government elections

Police minister Bheki Cele said they have identified the KZN, Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces as high risk areas deploying a high contingent of police and SANDF

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has condemned recent attacks on police stations, with the latest target being Tsineng in the Northern Cape that was robbed at gunpoint on 31 July.

Police union condemns robbery of Northern Cape police station, blames understaffing and scarce resources

Three men made off with shotguns, R5 rifles, pistols and ammunition after pouncing on the Tsineng police station

The continued unrest which has gripped parts of South Africa since the weekend has left 72 people dead while more 1 200 have been arrested.(Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Arrests, deaths double as isolated looting and vandalism spread beyond Gauteng and KZN

Natjoints reports 1 234 arrests, including two police reservists and N Cape and Mpumalanga offenders

People carry goods as they loot and vandalise the Lotsoho Mall in Katlehong township, east of Johannesburg, on July 12, 2021. – Several shops are damaged and cars burnt in Johannesburg, following a night of violence. Police are on the scene trying to control further protests. It is unclear if this is linked to sporadic protests following the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)

Looting, burning spreads from KZN into Johannesburg as pro-Zuma protests turn violent

The violence comes in the wake of protests last Friday when Zuma’s supporters went on the streets in KZN

The military has been asked to step in as violence and looting continues across KZN and Gauteng. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SANDF called in to quell unrest

The military has been asked to step in as violence and looting continues across KZN and Gauteng