Former cellphone tower technician gets 20 years behind bars for tampering and stealing equipment
Detectives in the Free State used fingerprint analysis to catch and convict a 43-year-old former cellphone tower technician who tampered with and stole from MTN and Vodacom infrastructure.
Sello...
Ramaphosa deploying SANDF to help combat gang violence
President Cyril Ramaphosa will deploy the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to help police combat gang violence in Gauteng and the Western Cape.
During his 2026 State of the Nation Address on Thursday, Ramaphosa said that...
Update: Five robbery suspects injured in dramatic police shootout in Midrand
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/update-five-robbery-suspects-injured-in-dramatic-police-shootout-in-midrand/ar-AA1LbW0c
Five robbery suspects have been injured during a shootout with the police in Midrand on...
https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/cops-investigated-after-claiming-criminals-turned-into-cats-and-escaped-from-cells-20240717
Police are investigating a strange case involving two suspects who allegedly shapeshifted and became cats in order to escape from the Meyerton Police Station holding...
A mother’s betrayal | Carte Blanche | M-Net
.: . At just two years old, Chevonne Rusch had endured a difficult upbringing. Throughout her short life, the little girl and her siblings were violently abused and neglected. Friends and neighbours repeatedly reported the abuse to...
Amazon killing feature that allowed police to ask for Ring camera footage
Amazon.com Inc.’s Ring home doorbell unit says it will stop letting police departments request footage from users’ video doorbells and surveillance cameras, retreating from a practice that was criticised by civil...
Odds are the following applies to most average human beings out there:
- Your name and ID number are floating around somewhere in a spreadsheet as a lead.
- You are highly traceable on the web.
- There is way more information available on social media about you than you think.
- You have opted...
ConCourt finds police minister liable for negligent search and investigation
https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/concourt-finds-police-minister-liable-for-negligent-police-search-and-investigation-20220405
I approached the police mentioning the neighbour is playing loud music and threatened me when asked to put it softer. They say that they can't log a report because its not considered a threat.
When asked to explain what a threat is, they reenacted some form of threat by repeating the word...
These are the police charges filed in the great African IP address heist
MyBroadband has received confirmation from the Commissioner of Police in Mauritius that AFRINIC has reported a breach of the country’s Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act.
This comes after AFRINIC said at the end of last...
How to handle a South African cop asking you for a bribe
Most South African drivers have heard of or encountered traffic cops who pull them over and ask for a bribe instead of completing their legal duty.
Some stories even involve police intimidating drivers with false accusations in an effort...
So I got pulled over this morning on the M19 under the Heidelberg Road Bridge near the Market.
JMPD officer checked my driver's licence, vehicle licence and brakes.
She then used my Driver's licence to record my name and ID number onto a clipboard and some kind of register.
When I asked her...