Civil Security

The deployment of 442 soldiers allocated to Eskom protection duty authorised by Commander-in-Chief President Cyril Ramaphosa as part of the national electricity state of...

The Stilfontein Regional Court has sentenced at least 87 illegal miners to a combined 696 years imprisonment.   The men had pleaded guilty to charges of...

The South African public has low and declining trust and confidence in its police. This impedes efforts to reduce crime, deliver quality services, and...

In the wake of a SA Police Service (SAPS) presentation to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police (POP), its chair maintains community mobilisation is a...

National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s SA Police Service (SAPS) is investigating acquisition of new firearms, specifically American manufactured Armalite carbines. Given it’s early days, as...

There were, on average, 520 murders a week in South Africa during the 2022 calendar year. According to available data, this is one of...

The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) has said at least 550 people were arrested for various crimes ranging from public violence to...

Law enforcement officers through the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), have arrested 87 protestors across South Africa for public violence related offences. The...

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has warned that attempts to cause disruption and disturbances in the country will be met with the full...

The Ministers of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) have assured South Africans that they will be protected during the planned national...

Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Limpopo Tracking Team and Murder and Robbery Unit have arrested two suspects for their alleged involvement...

Kidnapping in South Africa is four times higher than 10 years ago. In the last three months of 2022, the latest period for which...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the fight against crime will not be advanced through the devolution of policing powers, but by mobilising all available resources...

Cabinet says it is pleased the South African Police Service (SAPS) has nearly cleared the DNA testing backlog at its forensic service laboratories. Addressing a...

Businesses are increasingly witnessing the impact of protest movements and civil unrest on their operations, a trend that is forecast to grow according to...

Attacks on the wider South African agricultural community dropped by 82 last year according to civil rights organisation AfriForum. Centurion-headquartered AfriForum, via its community safety...

The South African Police Service’s Special Task Force has scored ninth place in the annual five-day UAE SWAT Challenge, which featured 55 teams from...

Police Minister Bheki Cele’s crime statistics showing, among others, a murder rate in excess of 7 500 for the third quarter of last year,...

Calls by South Africans for police to decisively deal with crime are not falling on deaf ears, said Police Minister Bheki Cele. The police will...

South African police minister Bheki Cele admitted the release last week of 2022 fourth quarter crime statistics was “not positive” but maintained the numbers...

Police Minister Bheki Cele has noted that in addition to the 10 000 new recruits trained last year, another 10 000 are undergoing training...

Policymakers tend to assume that the effects of conflict are felt only where violence occurs. As a result, humanitarian aid, protection efforts or asylum...

Recent official crime statistics show that murder rates in South Africa are soaring, reinforcing concerns about the government’s leadership in addressing the problem. For the...

Three years after Burkina Faso recruited civilian volunteers to join the fight against terrorists in its northern regions, those groups are being blamed for...

The Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) has welcomed some 6 000 crime prevention wardens in an effort to augment crime fighting efforts made by SAPS...

The acute energy crisis in South Africa has adversely affected all aspects of the society. Regular and lengthy power outages – which started in...

A 43-year-old police sergeant was amongst six suspects who were arrested on Monday for possession of a suspected stolen vehicle and two hijacked truck...

In a major counterterrorism operation carried out on orders from President Joseph Biden, the US military conducted a precision strike on a mountainous cave...

Police Minister, General Bheki Cele and the National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, will today lead a delegation of various experts within the organisation...

The ‘fight against crime and corruption’ is one of the African National Congress’ (ANC) six priorities for 2023, according to the ruling party’s 8...

In early 2021, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opened the country’s National Data Center, proclaiming the Chinese-built data hub key to the country’s economic...

Although West Africa and the Sahel continues to face unprecedented security challenges, it is still “a land of immense opportunities”, a senior UN official...

A 31-year-old police constable has become the first woman to complete the South African Police Service (SAPS) Special Task Force (STF) Selection Training Programme...

President Cyril Ramaphosa today (Tuesday, 13 December) was at the SA Police Service (SAPS) College in Pretoria to welcome over nine thousand new constables...

The Nigerian state has come under severe security stress in recent times. It has faced multiple national security threats: jihadist groups in the north-east;...

Transnet says government’s ban on the export of scrap and waste metal will go a long way in the fight against metal theft.   Government recently...

In January 2022, in a bid to stem a tide of violent attacks and kidnappings in north-western Nigeria, the government labelled the armed groups...

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has welcomed government’s decision to ban the trade of scrap metal, as it will significantly improve...

National Hawks head, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, has announced a raft of appointments in an effort to bolster the directorate’s capabilities. Among the new recruits...

Sensational reporting on terror attacks in Kenya is keeping children out of school, with dire consequences for their education and their futures. That is the...

Reaction to the release of third quarter crime statistics by Police Minister Bheki Cele this week range from “bloodbath” through to “worrying” and “upward...

Rising levels of murder and robbery, gender-based violence, embedded organised crime and police corruption characterise South Africa’s crime crisis. Can the country’s system of...

South African police have arrested a 43-year-old suspect believed to be linked to detained suspected kidnapping kingpin, Faizal Charloos, following an integrated intelligence-driven operation,...

Radar, infrared cameras and number plate recognition systems are forming key parts of the Kruger National Park's enhanced security drive ahead of the festive...

KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has called on police to leave no stone unturned in finding the gunmen involved in the spate of mass shootings,...

Robbing police stations has, Freedom Front Plus (FF+) leader Pieter Groenewald maintains, become “a large source of illegal firearms”. He was responding to Police Minister...

Community Police Forums (CPFs) were foundational to South Africa’s 1990s transition to democracy. When first established, they provided a bridge between the police and...

South African Police Service (SAPS) operations have seen the arrest of over 1 750 suspects across Gauteng over the weekend. Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said...

The Presidency has moved to assure South Africans that law enforcement agencies are monitoring any threats to the public. This after the Embassy of the...

National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has called for greater cooperation with communities to end police killings. This comes after two on-duty police officers were...