Crime
Over 1,000 people arrested in Gauteng during Okae Molao operation
Most suspects were handcuffed in Ekhurhuleni over the weekend for crimes ranging from robbery rape and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
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DA in Northern Cape calls on govt to implement plan to eradicate crime
Party officials are responding to the killing of 40-year-old Leon Brits, whose body was found in his swimming pool at his home in Pofadder on Wednesday.
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Ramaphosa: ANC acknowledges that crime & corruption are hurting society
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave the closing address at the virtual African National Congress national executive committee lekgotla on Monday evening.
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Cabinet urges South Africans to be more vocal about cable theft on railway lines
The country has been battling ongoing vandalism on public infrastructure for some time now.
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EC Premier Mabuyane urges Ngcobo residents to stand together against crime
Mabuyane visited the Ngxogi community outside the town on Saturday.
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WC police round up at least 30 suspects for a range of crimes
Drugs with a street value of around R4 million were also confiscated during a police operation in Elsies River on Friday night.
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Hundreds of Capetonians voice their anger of rising crime, corruption in SA
As part of a protest march organised by the Move One Million campaign, dozens of people gathered in the CBD on Saturday.
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3 arrested in Khayelitsha and Gugulethu; firearms seized
They were nabbed during an intelligence driven operation at the start of the weekend during which officers searched identified houses in the two communities.
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AgriSA renews calls for more decisive action to eradicate crime in communities
The agricultural industry association has recently teamed up with the South African Police Service to ensure a more effective implementation of the Revised Rural Safety Strategy.
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Big Bru is watching! (And selling your personal data to insurers and the like)
CCTV camera networks can assist in alleviating crime. But we must avoid dystopia, warns Thami Nkosi (Right2Know).
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LIVE BLOG: Most people are raped coming from shebeens, Cele says
The police ministry publishes South Africa’s crime statistics yearly, indicating the types of criminal activities, which have either increased or decreased.
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9-year-old girl fatally shot in Cape Town, SAPS looking for suspect(s)
The incident took place in Scottsdene in Kraaifontein on Saturday night.
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Parly passes amendments that ends time limits on rape prosecution
Other crimes include rape, compelled rape, murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances, and some other crimes.
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Lockdown, ban on liquor sales to credit for low crime rate – Cele
The minister said crimes of rape, murder, and carjacking were declined by over 70% since the implementation of the national lockdown.
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Elsies River bids farewell to slain Van Wyk, call for firm action from govt
The little girl was last seen going to a tuck shop situated near her family home but days later, her body was found in a stormwater drain near Worcester.
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WC top cop Matakata backed to strengthen police structures
Criminologist Simon Howell said that Yolisa Matakata's intelligence background it placed her in a good position to strengthen the police’s intelligence structures in the province.
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Reiger Park residents march against violence, police inaction
They said police are incapacitated to deal with the scourge of violence, which has gripped the community for a long time.
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1 killed, 4 arrested after police chase over alleged motorcycle theft
Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.
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WC Safety MEC seeks to roll out crimefighting app to other areas
Hout Bay community crime prevention members proved the efficacy of the app, Buzzer, when they apprehended suspects in connection with the murder of Ukrainian tourist Ivan Ivanov.
