Former Ukhozi FM presenter and Jacob Zuma supporter Ngizwe Mchunu left police headquarters in Durban in handcuffs on Monday and is headed to Gauteng to face charges. The police would not immediately confirm the charges but Mchunu —…
On Monday police recovered thousands of rands worth of items stolen from warehouses and retail stores in Durban during widespread looting in KwaZulu-Natal last week. Police minister Bheki Cele‚ who was scheduled to visit Pietermaritzburg…
The government has lifted the ban on gatherings with immediate effect. In a notice published in the government gazette on July 14‚ co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said regulation 21…
A violent mob on Monday morning set Naledi Mall in Vosloorus alight, Ekurhuleni disaster and emergency management services said. “I can confirm that we have received a call that Naledi Mall is on fire. Firefighters can’t access the scene…
The police were deployed to Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday morning. The deployment came after widespread protests in and around Durban following a viral message calling for a “#ShutdownKZN” protest in support of former president Jacob…
An off-duty cop from Khayelitsha‚ alleged to be with a gang of alleged thieves who were caught red-handed early on Monday‚ has died after a shoot-out with officers who stumbled onto them. Brig Novela Potelwa said Harare police who were on…
About 7‚000 police recruits will have to wait a little longer to start their training. This comes after the SA Police Service (SAPS) announced it has put on hold the recruitment and training of police trainees due to the Covid-19…
In December 2010‚ a woman was assaulted‚ dragged into bushes‚ tied up‚ blindfolded and raped‚ apparently by more than one man‚ for more than 15 hours. Now she has taken her case to the highest court in the land‚ arguing that police failed…
A 77-year-old farm foreman survived a horror attack in which he was stabbed‚ tortured and forced into a septic tank‚ where he was pelted with stones. Three attackers attempted to drown Simon Makhotha in the septic tank on a farm in the…
DA leader John Steenhuisen has challenged leader Julius Malema to give up his “police security detail” after the EFF leader’s recent outburst about the police. During a weekend webcast hosted by the party’s new spokesperson‚ Siviwe…
Police minister Bheki Cele has called on police to protect themselves should they come under attack. This follows statements EFF leader Julius Malema made at the weekend, calling on party members to fight police officers. Cele condemned…
An alleged rapist from Ngqeleni‚ in the Eastern Cape‚ was nabbed by his own victim‚ who then turned him over to the police. In a statement‚ police said the 21-year-old man had attacked a 41-year-old woman on Sunday morning. “It is alleged…
More than 270,000 people were arrested for contravening the lockdown regulations in the past three months, police minister Bheki Cele revealed in parliament. BusinessLIVE reported that of the 276,607 arrested since the declaration of the…
A rural couple taking their sick infant to a family doctor turned to the Matatiele mayor in desperation for help after they were refused entry into the town by police at a roadblock on Monday. The couple, Monwabisi Mafunda, 63, and his…
Two police officers were shot dead during a shootout with members of the National Intervention Unit (NIU) in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday. Police spokesperson Brig Vishnu Naidoo said the incident occurred in the Dalton area, about 49km from…