Police murders
Cele calls for collective action against police murders after cop killed on duty
Police Minister Bheki Cele was speaking at the burial of a station commander, who was murdered in the line of duty in Mpumalanga.
The sergeant was shot and killed on Friday after responding to a robbery in Killarney Gardens.
The police sergeant was shot and killed on Friday after responding to a business robbery in Killarney Gardens in Table View. Another officer was wounded after a shootout ensued, along with two robbers who remain in hospital under police guard.
The breakthrough comes more than a month after warrant officer Kolile Kulu was shot dead while sleeping in his home in the East London area.
In the latest incident in Orange Farm, two police officials were patrolling in an unmarked vehicle when they noticed an abandoned bakkie on the side of the road.
The 41-year-old sergeant was off duty. He was stationed at Parliament.
Ramaphosa was speaking in Pretoria on Sunday at the annual South African Police Service Commemoration Day.
Wynberg police officer Sakhumzi Mbucela was hijacked and stabbed in Gugulethu more than a week ago.
Detective Sergeant Mphakameli Mazinywana (48) was at home with his wife when suspects kicked down the door and demanded his service pistol.
Colonel Jabulani Ndawonde from the Ndwedwe police station was attacked at the Bhamshela taxi rank on Monday night.
Police Minister Bheki Cele presented crime statistics for 1 January to the end of March 2021, reporting that in this period, 24 police officers were killed.
This comes as yet another off-duty police officer was shot and killed in Vrygrond, near Muizenberg over the weekend.
The 38-year-old man was shot dead in Vrygrond, near Muizenberg, during the early hours of Sunday morning.
Constable Khangelani Mangqabini, who was based at the Mowbray Police Station, was shot dead outside his home on Friday following an altercation with another motorist. The suspect handed himself over at the Delft Police Station on Sunday.
The latest arrests were revealed by Police Minister Bheki Cele.
Sergeant Mnakwazo Mdoko and Constable Mninawa Breakfast were ambushed during the early hours of Sunday morning and their service pistols were taken.
Sergeant Mnakwazo Mdoko and Constable Mninawa Breakfast were ambushed and killed while on duty early on Sunday morning. A 32-year-old suspect was arrested later the same day in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha.
In the latest incident, two officers were killed in Bloekombos in an apparent ambush while two other officers were killed in KZN and another was killed in Limpopo last week.
The pair was reportedly driving in the Bloekombos area when they were ambushed during the early hours of Sunday morning, and the attackers made off with their firearms.