There has been a dramatic escalation in gang related shootings in Ottery over the past few weeks, and speaking to VOC Breakfast Beat, Grassy Park CPF chairperson, Rev Philip Bam acknowledged that some of the violence has since spilled over into his area. Reports have done the rounds via social[…]
Since the commencement of Operation Isondlo in April this year, authorities have paid out over R1,7 million to maintenance beneficiaries across the Western Cape. Spearheading the campaign, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development provincial head Advocate Hisham Mohamed said R1, 6 million in child support was paid from attaching[…]
Around 200 Hanover Park residents marched to the Phillip Police station on Wednesday to draw attention to the increasing levels of gang violence and police inefficiencies in addressing the problem. Under the banner of the ‘Concerned Residents of Hanover Park’, people from all ages marched in the blistering heat, calling[…]
South African Police Services (SAPS) officials must respect the constitutional right of students to protest and should act within the framework of the law when trying to contain protests from getting out of hand, according to Western Cape MEC for Community Safety, Dan Plato. Students across the country have been[…]
The SA Police Service (SAPS) has failed to meet several crime reduction targets it set itself for the period 2014/15. Police had set itself a target of reducing serious crimes by 2% from 1 826 967 to 1 718 191. But the overall number of serious crimes decreased by only[…]
Suspended national commissioner Riah Phiyega told the SAPS Board of Commissioners at a meeting in July that their “silence was deafening” and that they were “cowering under the tables” at a time when they should have been speaking out. This is according to transcripts of a July meeting. The transcripts[…]
National police commissioner Riah Phiyega was suspended on Wednesday after little more than three years in the job. But things have gone from bad to worse for the commissioner since the shooting in Marikana when police opened fire on 44 people in strike-related unrest at Lonmin’s platinum mine. Phiyega was[…]
Many serious contact crimes cannot be solely addressed by the police and partnerships and collaborations are needed to help tackle the issue, says Sean Tait, director of the Africa Policing Civilian Oversight Forum. With recent crime statistics revealing a 14% increase in the country’s murder rate, fingers have been pointed[…]
A proposal by the ruling ANC-led government to merge the Metro Police service with the South African Police Services (SAPS) is facing stern opposition from the City of Cape Town, which fears the move could well remove crime prevention powers from Metro Police and leave officers with authority only in[…]
A sharp increase in police fatalities since the beginning of the year has led to calls from the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) for an urgent redress into the countries firearms laws. The murder of a policeman in Mitchell’s Plain last week, shot in front of his young[…]
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