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A Multidisciplinary team comprising DPCI members, intelligence operatives, Special Task Force members, security company officials following up on vital information about a possible cash-in-transit robbery pounced on would-be robbers in Town Two, Khayelitsha early on Monday evening. As the team approached the suspects, the would-be robbers started firing shots at police who retaliated. As a […]

MMC for Safety, Cllr Sizakele Masuku has arrived in Katlehong where Pastor Mboro’s church tent has been burnt down by the community. Anger erupted after Mboro wasn’t arrested following yesterday’s incident, leading to the tent burning. The church is next to DH Williams Community Centre. Pastor Mboro and his bodyguard, who held a rifle during

A 34-year-old female and a 24-year-old pedestrian were seriously injured during a drive-by shooting at a housing complex in Cornubia – KZN this afternoon. Residents contacted Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) requesting medical assistance for the two women. On arrival, Reaction Officers and RUSA Paramedics located the females on the road. They were bleeding excessively

A suspect who was alleged to have just committed a robbery was shot and fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police in Esikhaleni on Sunday night, 4 August 2024. Police had responded to reports of a victim who was robbed at Ndindima area in Esikhaleni by suspects who fled the scene. Police traced

Two people were critically injured in a drive-by shooting that occurred in Canelands – KZN. Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received a call for assistance from the Verulam SAPS at approximately 16:13. According to the SAPS Officers, multiple vehicles were involved in a collision on Vincent Dickenson Road. Reaction Officers were immediately dispatched to assist

The Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Leon Schreiber, has welcomed the sentence imposed on a former Home Affairs official by the Durban Commercial Crime Court. Judy Zuma was sentenced to an effective 12 years imprisonment this week. She was part of a syndicate which delivered fraudulent passports for reward to foreign nationals who did not

Ninety undocumented Ethiopian nationals, who were allegedly being kept against their will and under inhumane conditions, have been rescued in Sunnydale Ridge, Johannesburg by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Special Task Force (STF) unit. “A multidisciplinary team, led by the STF, were tracing a victim of kidnapping for ransom when they they also made

Ritavi Police are on the lookout for suspects following a carjacking, kidnapping, and malicious damage to property incident that took place at Nkowankowa Section A, Ritavi policing area in Mopani District on Saturday 03 August 2024. It is reported that a 27-year-old male was driving his motor vehicle, a white Audi A3 with Gauteng registration

‘Enkosi Mapolisa, siyaphela kule ndawo’ meaning, (thank you police officers for your presence here). This was a sharp message from a female passenger who rolled down the window of the vehicle she was travelling in, acknowledging with excitement and appreciation the presence of a troop of police officers who were doing a stop and search

With recent successes in arresting members of organised criminal syndicates and gangs, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has demonstrated its commitment and dedication to fighting serious and violent crimes. This is according to SAPS National Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, who briefed the media on Thursday. “We are responding decisively to the war declared by