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13, 14 & 16-year-old girls abducted and gang-raped while walking from a street bash at 2am
Seshego police are investigating following an alleged gang rape which took place at Mmotong Makgofe on Sunday. The gang rape…
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Saps spends R1 million in settlements every day, including for wrongful arrests
The South African Police Service (Saps) has witnessed an increase in civil cases and had to pay out R2.2 billion…
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KZN contractor drowns after water burst pipes while working in a trench
A man drowned in a freak accident on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency workers said the man…
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2 ActionSA members safe after hijack ordeal
Action SA has confirmed two of its senior members are safe after they were hijacked and kidnapped on Tuesday night.…
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Bolt blocks driver accused of stabbing 2 women in Cape Town
Bolt has blocked an e-hailing Cape Town driver who allegedly stabbed two young women during a R90 trip on the…
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Paul Mashatile’s ex-bodyguards plead not guilty in N1 assault case
The former bodyguards of Deputy President Paul Mashatile have officially entered into a not-guilty plea in their assault case. Last…
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Insufficient evidence & no leads force SAPS to close over 1 million dockets a year
Over one million dockets a year are closed by police, leaving victims of crime empty and unable to get justice.…
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Golfers come across dead body covered in plastic
Golfers at the Greyville racecourse in Durban made a gruesome discovery of a dead body on DLI Avenue on Monday…
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Man nabbed for drugs dies after ingesting them
A man died this morning (Thursday) after he swallowed an undisclosed amount of drugs in an attempt to hide them…
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Stronger working relations between SAPS & US police see R1.5 billion drugs confiscated in KZN
South African Police Service (SAPS) national commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, says stronger ties between local law enforcement agencies and their…
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Big increase in car wheel & tyre theft reported in Joburg suburbs
Tyre and wheel theft is on the rise in Johannesburg’s western suburbs, community policing forums have warned. The Honeydew Community…
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Parliament: Amendment of SAPS Act to give metro cops teeth to probe cases on the cards
The portfolio committee chairperson on police says an amendment of the South African Police Service (SAPS) Act to allow metro…
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Metro police calling for limited investigative powers to allow case prosecution
Metro police members are calling for limited investigative powers to allow them to prosecute cases within their mandate. A 2019…
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JMPD management to engage with SAPS over brewing tensions between members
Joburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) management is set to engage its counterparts at the South African Police Service (SAPS) over…
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Armed robbers get away with R486 000 after robbing man at Kenilworth Centre
Business owners have been cautioned to seek security escort when depositing large sums of money at banks, after a man…
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First batch of 10 000 police recruits to start training
The first batch of 10,000 police recruits will report for training on Monday. 4,500 Trainees make up batch one. The…
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8 Nigerian nationals arrested for attacking SAPS officers, vandalising police station & cars
The South African Police Service (SAPS) said eight Nigerian nationals have been arrested in Kimberley after they attacked police officers…
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2 house robbers nabbed after high-speed chase
Two suspects have been put behind bars after security services foiled a house robbery at about 14:00 on Friday, April…
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Western Cape Community Safety MEC concerned about high number of GBV cases struck off court roll
Western Cape Community Safety and Police Oversight MEC Reagen Allen said he was concerned about the high number of gender-based…
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Top Western Cape cop sentenced to 20 years for raping a 14-year-old girl
A policeman who was supposed uphold the law has been found guilty of raping a teenage and sentenced to an…
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