Security

With the first anniversary of its formal establishment just days away, South Africa’s Border Management Authority (BMA) faces a three-year medium term budget shortfall...

Efforts to end terrorism and violent extremism in southern Africa have been boosted by way of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) entered into between...

Minister Senzo Mchunu’s SA Police Service (SAPS) recovered less than five percent of the recorded 7 653 stolen and 588 lost firearms in the...

Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber informed a Parliamentary questioner “we are not in denial that most of our ports of entry are faced with...

DCD Protected Mobility made available a Sherp multi-purpose amphibious vehicle for search and rescue and aid relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) over the weekend...

Conqueror, DCD Protected Mobility, and Global Command and Control Technology (GC2T) have partnered to develop an advanced Border Management Command and Control Trailer to...

During a five-day operation along the Free State and Lesotho border, a multi-disciplinary team of law enforcement and community stakeholders intercepted 72 suspects along...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) conducted the Governance, Public Safety, and Justice Survey (GPSJS) from April 2023 to March 2024. The GPSJS is a...

Nigeria’s first suicide bombing since 2020 took place in June 2024 with four coordinated attacks that killed at least 30 people. The attacks took place...

In South Africa September heralds the onset of spring and for the landward component of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) its rotation time...

Stopping the smuggling of illegal goods into South Africa is part of the daily task of soldiers deployed on border protection. Soldiers often join...

The Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) Expo and Air Show, which takes place from 18-22 September, is under no threat from the mpox outbreak,...

Among a handful of prisoners of war captured in Ukraine after fighting for Russia, a young Somali man stood out. He said he joined...

Mozambique and Eswatini were the largest unofficial drug exporters to South Africa in August, according to statistics supplied by the Joint Operations Division of...

The Fidelity Group continues its successful security operation at Transnet, despite a probe into a reportedly R2 billion tender, on which key sectors of...

Senzo Mchunu, the Minister of Police, released South Africa’s quarterly crime stats on Friday, 30 August, indicating crime is on the rise, with contact...

The attack on the well-fortified Koutoukale prison in Niger’s Tillabéri Region on 11 July followed two failed attempts in 2016 and 2019. In this...

Crime is generally on the increase and crimes that are of concern include murder, rape, hijacking, kidnapping for ransom payments, and extortion. This is according...

Four SA Army bases hosted passing out parades for the latest intake of Gauteng traffic wardens, referred to as “crime prevention wardens (CPWs)” by...

Another example of the contribution made to border security by the SA Army Reserve Force comes from Potchefstroom-based Regiment General de la Rey, deployed...

A top-level SA Navy (SAN) delegation this week concluded the 12th round of what is termed “staff talks” with the Indian Navy in Delhi. Apart...

The United Nations security council unanimously voted on 15 August 2024 to extend the mandate of the 12,626 men and women of the African...

South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers on border patrol duty have recovered a stolen vehicle and nearly 300 kg of dagga in the...

At least 123 undocumented foreign nationals were arrested during an early integrated operation that also saw the recovery of counterfeit US dollars equivalent to...

Officers of the Limpopo Provincial Flying Squad have intercepted a convoy of five “high-powered vehicles” loaded with illicit cigarettes, and following a high-speed pursuit,...

What is believed to be an unexploded mortar led to the death of a Mpumalanga man at the weekend. The SA Police Service (SAPS), by...

Theft of, among others, stun grenades from an SA Police Service (SAPS) base in Eerste Rivier is, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA), part...

The Portfolio Committee on Police has announced an agreement with critical stakeholders within the policing portfolio to work together towards strengthen the accountability of...

The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, has deployed extra capacity to the Eastern Cape province to clamp...

A routine inspection by Border Management Authority (BMA) border guards at the busy Lebombo port of entry (PoE) this week netted no less than...

Disaster management is an important component of humanitarian operations undertaken by the military and was given due attention during the just-ended Exercise Southern Accord...

The death sentence imposed on 32 Congolese by what is termed “military justice” and the Kinshasa-Gombe High Court, has drawn strong reaction from the...

The Department of Home Affairs has concluded the deportation of the 95 Libyans who were arrested in White River, Mpumalanga, last month on suspicion...

The US State Department has released its 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, which notes that South Africa “does not fully meet the minimum standards...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has withdrawn its charges against the 95 Libyan nationals arrested on 26 July at an illegal military training camp...

The ongoing conflict in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is complex. It’s rooted in weak state institutions, ethnic diversity...

On 30 July, an Angolan court sentenced 198 people – men, women and the elderly – to four to eight years in jail for...

The South African Police Service currently has a vacancy of 8594 within the Detective Services, which is a big concern due to South Africa’s...

Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu has expressed concern and disappointment over corrupt members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) after four members assaulted...

Preparations, in the form of planning conferences, will see the Southern African Development Community (SADC) stage what is at present called “its first maritime...

The Border Management Authority (BMA) is acquiring equipment for its border guards, with state defence materiel agency Armscor issuing multiple tenders for protective and...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for South African Police Service (SAPS) leadership to be called before the Portfolio Committee on Police to account...

In the wake of the investigation into an illegal military training camp in White River, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has raided a...

Shack-dwellers’ organisation Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) has witnessed 25 of its members killed since the movement began in 2005, prompting Amnesty International to accuse South...

A co-ordinated effort by the South African Police Service in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has yielded 313 illegal firearms and the arrest of 11 003 suspects...

The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) has served the owners of Milites Dei Security Services (MDSS) with notices of suspension after determining that...

South African Police Service (SAPS) National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has noted concerns over the “number of suspects that have been shot and killed...

In his first “From the Desk of the President” missive for August, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expands on crime and violence and the...

National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola has said police intelligence was aware of the White River camp that was training Libyan nationals for quite some...

Recent weeks have seen a noticeable increase in kidnappings around South Africa. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola stated these incidents were a “concern,”...