New police recruits will no longer be required to undergo the two year training programme currently in place as the SAPS this week announced that they’ll be cutting training time to less than half of…
April 19, 2016 deur Annelise AfriForum today launched an internal appeal against the South African Police Service (SAPS) in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000). This…
Matthew Savides | 20 April, 2016 00:30 Sithole said he would investigate, but placed a focus on the issue of police uniforms. File photo Image by: THULI DLAMINI Durban’s Metro police force can neither prevent…
The shocking statistics behind car theft point to out-of-control crime GRAEME HOSKEN 16 SEPTEMBER 2015 SOME makes and models feature most on car thieves‘ shopping lists. But insurance companies and vehicle manufacturers don‘t want…
08 APR 2016 00:00 JESSICA BEZUIDENHOUT Several political observers have hinted that a recent spate of incidents – dismissed as random acts of crime – may be the workings of state security. An opposition MP…
Posted 01 October 2014Written by Leon Louw Category Human rights The apartheid “dompas” and police abuse are alive and well in Johannesburg. One of the most heinous aspects of the apartheid crime against humanity was that…
SUNDAY TIMES NEWS BY TMG DIGITAL, 2016-03-30 Riot police were an ominous presence during the students’ fee protests. Image: IHSAAN HAFFEJEE The justice system in South Africa – spanning police to prisons – on Wednesday…
FEBRUARY 19, 2016 BY TNO STAFF— IN AFRICA Around 88 percent of all the active staff in the South African Police Services (SAPS) are HIV-positive, according to that country’s Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu. Speaking…
TOPICS:CrimeHolidaySAPSVacation And while the Brigadier enjoys his time off… POSTED BY: PRAAG MARCH 8, 2016 A Johannesburg station commander, who has been accused of bunking work, has allegedly been on leave for about 156 days…
Documents concerning deaths of inmates in South Africa’s Mangaung prison contain allegations that inmates were tortured before they died, while prison registered deaths as either natural causes or suicide 0 0 0 0 Email Several…
