Tag: crime
Police Committee Chairperson raises alarm over illegal land grabs in Eastern...
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, expressed grave concern over reports indicating that illegal land grabs have resurfaced in Fort...
e-Panic Button ‘making a difference’ in communities
More than 51 000 residents of Gauteng have used the province’s e-Panic Button to call for help in emergency situations since the inception of...
Police budget gets a boost
The South African Police Service (SAPS) budget has received an increase that has kept pace with inflation, getting an additional R7 billion for the...
Reforming South Africa’s police: Ian Cameron’s perspective
Chairman of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, recently shared his insights on the state of policing in South Africa, touching on key...
SAPS destroyed R5.2 billion worth of drugs in three years
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has reaffirmed its commitment to combating drug-related crimes through targeted enforcement operations and forensic interventions. Speaking at the...
South Africa’s Police Portfolio Committee exposes key challenges and calls for...
The Portfolio Committee on Police (PCOP) recently convened to assess the state of the country’s policing and law enforcement, with discussions highlighting numerous issues...
Ramaphosa says Op Shanela will continue
South African supremo Cyril Ramaphosa used part of his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to inform the country an SA Police Service (SAPS)...
Police arrested a quarter of a million suspects over festive season
The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested almost a quarter of a million suspects as part of heightened crime-fighting operations over the festive season,...
Hensoldt helps to safeguard Gauteng over the festive season
A Cessna Caravan aircraft equipped with Hensoldt’s Argos-II intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) gimbal took to the skies during the festive season to combat...
Mantis Security: A proactive approach to security
Established in 1987 under the chairmanship of Mark Kramer, Mantis Security is a Johannesburg-based security company specialising in comprehensive security solutions. With 38 years...
SAPS receives over R8 million in donations, including Cellebrite UFED device
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has received significant donations of equipment and services over the past two financial years, enhancing its operational capacity....
Rising tide of violence against South African municipal officials and councillors
South Africa continues to grapple with a troubling trend of violence targeting municipal officials and councillors, with a significant number of murders recorded across...
SAPS upping crime fighting skills – Mchunu
South African policemen and women, according to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, are and will be adequately trained to deal with the growing challenges law...
Tackling extortion in South Africa: A growing challenge for economic growth...
South Africa’s construction industry, a crucial artery for economic growth, is faced with mounting challenges due to the rise of criminal groups, known as...
Better policing in South Africa is well within reach
Imagine a South Africa where policing worked and people were safe. Imagine that by the country’s next national polls in 2029, voters knew that...
Corruption, safety and security top African youth survey concerns
According to many international organisations, Africa is in a parlous state, with the Geneva Academy reporting that Africa has the second-highest number of intra-state...
Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort to eating a mixture...
Crime beginning to decrease says Mchunu, but DA says more work...
Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu has released the second-quarter crime statistics and highlighted progress and challenges experienced by the South African Police Service (SAPS),...
SAPS seeks high tech tools to modernise crime investigations
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is modernising its crime-fighting investigative capabilities by seeking advanced solutions for analysing crime scene forensics and investigating money...
Crime statistics: who are we to believe?
Once again, statistics on crime from the country’s two most important sources wildly contradict each other. South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics do...
Concerning crime figures revealed in key Stats SA report
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) conducted the Governance, Public Safety, and Justice Survey (GPSJS) from April 2023 to March 2024. The GPSJS is a...
Contact crime on the rise in four provinces
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...
SA’s increasing crime figures “tell sobering story”
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...
Counterfeit dollars, illegal foreigners and ammunition found during police op in...
At least 123 undocumented foreign nationals were arrested during an early integrated operation that also saw the recovery of counterfeit US dollars equivalent to...
Police Committee, stakeholders agree on pathway to greater police accountability
The Portfolio Committee on Police has announced an agreement with critical stakeholders within the policing portfolio to work together towards strengthen the accountability of...
Police commit to clamping down on gang violence and extortion in...
The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, has deployed extra capacity to the Eastern Cape province to clamp...
Mchunu condemns corrupt cops who assaulted, robbed civilian
Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu has expressed concern and disappointment over corrupt members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) after four members assaulted...
DA calls for SAPS to be held to account for closing...
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for South African Police Service (SAPS) leadership to be called before the Portfolio Committee on Police to account...
KZN SAPS arrested over 11000 suspects in July as war on...
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...
Interpol op nets 100 plus tons of drugs across three continents
Twelve African countries were part of a multinational Interpol operation targeting drug trafficking networks across three continents.
Operation Lionfish Hurricane, conducted in April and May,...
Huge level of recent SAPS activity yields “positive results” – Masemola
As police continue to crack down on violent and serious crime, South African Police Service (SAPS) National Commissioner General Fannie Masemola has said several...
SAPS uncovers massive R2 billion drug lab
Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, applauded an operation by a joint team of Limpopo Hawks and Limpopo SAPS. The operation resulted in four arrests...
SAPS to recruit additional members to combat crime
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is set to recruit additional members to bolster its ranks over the three-year Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period...
Police Minister calls for expanded R113.5 billion policing budget
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu followed up on Monday’s speech outlining new policing priorities by calling for an increase in the police budget, which totals...
SAPS has destroyed over 260 000 firearms since 2019
On Friday 12 July, the South African Police Service announced the destruction of 14 595 firearms and firearm parts, emphasizing that the service “remains...
Maintaining law and order a key part of Solidarity’s plan for...
Law and order must be maintained in order for South Africa’s economy to flourish, as crime stifles business confidence and general confidence in the...
Mpumalanga recruiting crime prevention wardens
The new MEC for Safety and Security in Mpumalanga, Jackie Macie, is looking to recruit over 1 000 crime prevention wardens to reduce crime...
Growing international organised crime requires a global strategy to counteract it
Organised crime has become a threat to international peace and security, with more than 80 per cent of the world’s population living in countries...
A safer South Africa is within reach, says ISS
The SA Police Service’s 2024/25 Annual Performance Plan, tabled three weeks ago, revealed that the force cannot keep up with the country’s growing population.
Reduce...
Name and shame consumers who hire unregistered security companies
Consumers, who use unregistered security companies, must be named and shamed.
This is a call from Security Association of South Africa (SASA) national administrator, Tony...
SVI reveals new rapid-response hot hatch
The scourge of cash-in-transit and other violent criminal attacks have prompted SVI Engineering to develop an armoured rapid-response vehicle for South Africa.
This innovative solution,...
More armoured vehicles on SA roads
The rise in kidnap-for-ransom cases has led to an increase in the number of armoured vehicles on South African roads. At any given time,...
Cash-in-transit heists akin to terrorism, says Fidelity CEO
The cash-in-transit (CIT) industry is fighting a silent war akin to terrorism, Fidelity Services Group chief executive officer Wahl Bartmann said on Thursday.
Bartmann told...
ANC and DA coalition: An effective force against crime? Compatibility test...
The African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) share a common goal of improving policing, but have different approaches.
The ANC prioritises community...
Operation Vala Umgodi continues to record successes against illegal miners
The South African Police Service (SAPS), supported by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and the Department of Home Affairs, continue to record...
Public warned against sharing videos inciting violence as protests bring Mthatha...
Eastern Cape Transport and Community Safety MEC Xolile Nqatha has warned the public that the State will deal decisively with any fear mongers responsible...
One political hit every two weeks since start of 2024, new...
In the first four months of 2024 alone, 10 politically motivated assassinations were recorded in SA.
In its latest report, titled The Politics of Murder,...
Over 1.2 million calls to Gauteng 10111 line dropped in a...
Over 1.2 million calls to Gauteng’s police emergency call centre were “dropped” from 1 March 2023 and 1 March this year.
In a recent parliamentary...
Majority of missing SAPS firearms not recovered
Men and women in National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola’s SA Police Service (SAPS) reported 742 firearms stolen in the 2022/23 financial year with...
How can South Africa’s minister of police improve policing?
At its launch on 8 May 2023, the police’s Operation Shanela (Zulu for ‘sweep’) was billed as an unapologetic and decisive initiative to ‘fight crime and...
