South african police service
Joubertina SAPS officials attacked by residents after seizing illegal brew
Authorities were responding to a tip-off on Friday night about a house where illegal liquor concoctions were being sold.
Police identified that the incident occurred in Centurion, Tshwane.
The officers are among 16 suspects that were initially arrested in June during an operation by the anti-corruption task team.
The arrests come three years after investigations were first launched.
The bill makes it even harder to become a police member and recruits would need to be vetted and give DNA samples. It is yet to be published.
Police Minister Bheki Cele visited the area on Monday and convened a community imbizo in a bid to ease racial tensions.
The bodies of the children aged six and eight were discovered after they went missing on Friday.
Winde said the province needed more police, more protection for them and more protection for citizens.
It’s understood the men stormed the facility and allegedly overpowered the officers and made off with the weapons.
There are several lessons to heed from the Julies case - the same lessons that we will observe elsewhere where gang violence and how to police it are primary issues, writes Theodore Petrus.
Simon Ndyalvana and Caylene Whiteboy were arrested on Friday by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate in connection with the shooting of Nathaniel Julies who later died in hospital.
The community is angry with the police for allegedly killing the teen.
Nathaniel Julius died at the Baragwanath Hospital on Wednesday night after he was shot just meters away from his home.
At a recent meeting, farm attacks topped the agenda. They discussed the national rural safety strategy that was approved for implementation in 2010.
On Friday, officials managed to recover 60 sheep that were stolen in the Pitoli locality.
Police union Popcru wants the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Correctional Services to take full responsibility for the increasing number of COVID-19 infections within the criminal justice cluster.
Earlier in the week the Klerksdorp and Rustenburg police stations were also temporarily closed due to members testing positive for COVID-19.
Several police stations countrywide have had to be decontaminated after members tested positive for COVID-19.
The grade eight pupil was last seen on Wednesday while walking to the Graceland Education Centre after missing the bus.