Police seize 1.6 tonnes of copper cables from alleged Eastern Cape thieves
The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested nine suspects for the possession of 1.6 tonnes of allegedly stolen copper cables estimated to be worth R600,000.
According to officials, the suspects were arrested after...
Only 454 of South Africa's 1,025 police stations answer their phones
A recent Democratic Alliance (DA) audit found that only 454 of South Africa's 1,025 police stations answered their phones.
The audit methodology involved the party calling South African Police Service (SAPS) stations across...
SAPS arrest eight alleged to have stolen R500,000 in cellphone tower batteries
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has arrested eight suspects found in possession of suspected stolen cellphone tower batteries with an estimated value of R500,000.
It is alleged that the individuals were...
Raid on counterfeit Apple goods in South Africa
The South African Police Service (SAPS) seized numerous counterfeit goods in Germiston on 1 June 2026, including fake Apple products.
The SAPS released photos of the goods seized by the Gauteng Counterfeit Unit on Facebook, including the...
Vumacam aiding in arrests in Gauteng
The Vumacam security camera network has assisted in a string of arrests in Gauteng in recent weeks, with the latest incident involving a suspect driving a vehicle with doctored registration details.
The Gauteng Roads and Transport Department said Vumacam's...
South African emergency number tender blunder
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has revealed that a simple administrative error led to the failure to extend the validity of a long-running tender bidding process for a 10111 Integrated Management System.
The State Information Technology...
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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...
Nhlanhla Sizani, 24, the alleged imposter who duped authorities into believing that he was a United Nations (UN) representative, reportedly received briefings from the country’s top security cluster during his years of operation.
“He [Sizani] was overseeing the state of preparedness of their...
My ISP is Home-Connect (home-connect.co.za) on a Vumatel line. My internet has been flapping for the past 2 weeks - and it is getting worse. I live in Cape Town, Bellville.
The sign-up and pre-sales was easy and painless. The link has been fine and stable for years. No problemo. But something...
Ramaphosa promises 12,000 more police officers for SA
South Africa plans to overhaul its law-enforcement agencies in the face of scathing criticism of its response to rampant crime and last year’s deadly riots that claimed 354 lives.
The police force will recruit an additional 12,000 officers...
Police and Treasury offline — network problem knocks out South African government
...According to the source, the outage also affected all external services routed via the Centurion data centre, including all external emails, remote VPN services, public DNS services, and third-party...
Thieves caught with R480,000-worth of cellphone tower batteries
The Hawk’s Port Shepstone Serious Organised Crime Investigation and Port Shepstone K9 announced that they arrested three suspects on the N2 on Tuesday when they found cellphone network batteries that were reported stolen...
SAPS launches new "My SAPS" crime-fighting app
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is set to launch a new app which citizens can use to fight crime.
MyBroadband found the application - called My SAPS - on the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. Vodacom is listed as the app’s developer.
South African police crisis
The South African Police Service has a huge crisis on its hands, with a large number of officers being unfit to carry firearms.
Beeld reported that 41% of police officers (8,731 out of 21,206) who were assessed failed their annual shooting test.
A man believed to be a bodybuilder was arrested after allegedly shooting a taxi driver and then exchanging fire with the police in Roodepoort.
Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said the man, 26, fled the crime scene in Honeydew, after shooting and injuring a taxi driver in an...