Mystery shrouds the gruesome discovery yesterday of a man’s mutilated body propped up in a grocery shopping trolley in Lavender Hill. “The circumstances surrounding an incident where the body of an unknown male was found in a trolley in Hilary Drive, Lavender Hill, at about 7am are under investigation by[…]
Former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has been granted bail of R20 000. He appeared briefly in the Johannesburg Commercial Crime Court on Friday, following his arrest earlier in the morning on new charges stemming from an Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigation into an R86m blue lights tender. Phahlane’s[…]
Two police officers appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for allegedly robbing a Strand Street cellphone shop while pretending to execute a search warrant, a spokesperson said. The Anti-Corruption Unit arrested the officers on Tuesday in connection with the January 26 robbery. Police spokesperson Captain FC Van[…]
The search for 25-year-old Angelique Ripepi has concluded after she was found in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town and taken to hospital. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk said Ripepi has been reunited with her family. “This office can confirm that the missing person Angelique Ripepi was found last night[…]
A 31-year-old male was arrested on Thursday for being in possession of two firearms and ammunition. The Manenberg Crime Prevention unit deployed within Manenberg Policing Precinct to combat gang violence received intelligence of illegal firearms and ammunition being stored at an address in Groenberg Road, Heideveld. Police spokesperson Frederick van[…]
The 40-year-old suspect arrested over the weekend for being in possession of drugs and firearms, appeared in the Mitchell’s Plain Magistrate Court today. Police spokesperson Andre Traut said two men were arrested after authorities confiscated drugs, illegal firearm ammunition, cash, and a stolen bakkie. “Endeavours to fight the scourge of[…]
Three armed suspects were caught red handed over the weekend during a foiled business robbery in Philippi East. According to police spokesperson, Andre Traut, two illegal weapons without serial numbers and eight 9mm rounds were confiscated. “The quick response by members attached to the Western Cape Flying Squad led to[…]
Two police officers from the Bothasig Police Station in Cape Town have been dismissed from the South African Police Service after they were found guilty of theft. 38-year-old Sergeant, Zandisile Ruka and 35-year-old Constable, Thulile Ruka were found guilty of stealing R45 000 during a burglary investigation. The officers kept[…]
The Western Cape government has demanded that Police Minister Bheki Cele deploy extra police officers and reservists to the province within six months to stop a wave of crime, gangsterism, and attacks on trains. In a joint provincial cabinet statement, Premier Helen Zille said the Western Cape government and the[…]
The police have lost control of South Africa’s firearms. This, in a nutshell, is the claim by exasperated gun lobbyists who have turned to the courts in a bid to fix the “chaotic state of affairs” within the South African Police Service’s (Saps) central firearms registry. The South African Arms[…]
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