Three people, including the suspect, have died following a brutal attack at the Malmesbury Masjied in Cape Town in the early hours of this morning. It’s believed the musallees were in itikaaf when they were confronted by the suspect, alleged to be a foreign national. Malmesbury police spokesperson Constable Durandt[…]
The South African Police Service says while some police stations are experiencing a shortage of DNA and rape kits, there’s enough of these resources nationally. National police spokesperson Vish Naidoo says the challenge came about after two suppliers bidding to supply the kits were disqualified during the tendering process for[…]
The City of Cape Town has approached the South African Police Service (SAPS) to establish a priority committee to investigate protest action amidst an alarming spike in violent demonstrations in the city in recent months. Service delivery protests have erupted across 34 areas, with communities such as Siqalo in Mitchells[…]
The situation in Parkwood intensified on Sunday morning after City officials came to remove temporary structures, which were symbolically erected on a piece of land on Prince George Drive. Residents on Saturday confirmed that they would dismantle the structures once they had handed over a memorandum of demands to the[…]
Authorities are yet to confirm the status of a suspected Verulam mosque bomb. A device resembling what appears to be a bomb was found in the Imam Hussein mosque, in Kwazulu-Natal yesterday evening. The discovery came just hours after Police Minister, Bheki Cele, visited the mosque. This after the mosque[…]
By Loushe Jordaan Former Western Cape Police Commissioner, Arno Lamoer, Police brigadiers Darius van Der Ross and Collin Govender were sentenced to six, two and four years imprisonment respectively by the High Court in Cape Town yesterday. Businessman Saleem Dawjee, was given an effective six years in prison. The men[…]
The family of a Mitchell’s Plain resident injured in a community protest will take action against the SAPS after public order police allegedly used live rounds and tear gas on Wednesday night. Thousands of Mitchell’s Plain residents had gathered on the corner of Jakes Gerwel and Highlands Drive close to[…]
Residents of Uitsig have called for increased manpower to combat the scourge of violence within their community. Earlier this week police arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a four-year-old girl in Uitsig on the Cape Flats. This after Thea Lewis was fatally shot as a result of[…]
Statistics compiled by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) were presented in the sentencing proceedings in the case against former Western Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer and three others at the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday. IPID’s head of investigations Matthew Sesoko was asked to present the statistics at[…]
The battle between the police and a supplier that switched off access to critical IT systems last week, has hit the courts. Last week, Forensic Data Analysts (FDA), a police supplier which has been accused of corruption, threatened to suspend the police’s Property Control and Exhibit Management (PCEM) and Firearm[…]
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