A Cape Town man recounts his experience at the hands of police officers who detained him for filming an arrest, reports GroundUp. Cape Town – Late on Sunday, January 3, I happened upon an arrest taking place in a street close to my home in Observatory. The arrestee was pinned[…]
The suspended duo Lieutenant General Nobubele Mbekela and Lieutenant General Solomon Makgale are challenging the Labour Court ruling that declared their suspensions lawful. The two were suspended after they publicly defended Riah Phiyega, who has also been placed on suspension pending an inquiry into her fitness to hold office. Makgale,[…]
Almost 10 000 people have been arrested in the Western Cape since the start of the festive season, and the police are not done yet. The arrests, made since December 16, were mostly drug and liquor related, acting provincial commissioner Lieutenant-General Garry Kruser said on Tuesday. So far, 2 560[…]
For almost 18 months, three members of trade union Solidarity halted the promotion of more than a thousand police officers after questioning the rationale behind them. The members complained that they were being discriminated against and wanted the methodology used to be changed. “On 28 February 2013, Solidarity launched an[…]
There was a heavy police presence at the Liberty Promenade mall in Mitchells plain today as last minute Christmas shoppers took advantage of the time in order to run last minute errands. Security has been beefed up at the mall and others considered too be high risk for crime following[…]
Police killings, public order policing’s handling of the #Feesmustfall protests and the allegations of misconduct against suspended national police commissioner Riah Phiyega were highlighted in President Jacob Zuma’s reflections on the year. In his end of the year statement on Friday, Zuma said public order policing came under sharp focus[…]
Traffic officers tracked down two alleged armed robbers shortly after a vehicle that had broken down on the R300 was targeted, Cape Town Traffic Services said on Tuesday. Occupants of the vehicle flagged down patrolling officers near JDrive around 19:00 on Monday, said spokesperson Maxine Jordaan. They claimed a gang[…]
Combined efforts by Western Cape police have resulted in three drug busts, including one which led to the confiscation of just over R18m worth of tik. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Johan Heuer said the busts were part of joint intelligence-driven operations between the Western Cape Provincial Detectives Narcotics Project Team[…]
A Cape Town man confronted by robbers in the city centre put up a fight and shot one of them dead, Western Cape police said on Wednesday. The two had threatened him with knives after he parked his vehicle in Strand Street on Tuesday afternoon, said police spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel[…]
Spies, allegedly working for a well-known private investigator, were purportedly paid to infiltrate a Palestine support group running a campaign to have Israeli goods removed from a major retailer’s shelves. Members of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel (BDS) South Africa this week claimed one of the alleged spies confessed[…]
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