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  1. Luis

    Police seize 1.6 tonnes of copper cables from alleged Eastern Cape thieves

    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...
  2. Luis

    Only 454 of South Africa's 1,025 police stations answer their phones

    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...
  3. Luis

    SAPS arrest eight alleged to have stolen R500,000 in cellphone tower batteries

    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...
  4. Luis

    Raid on counterfeit Apple goods in South Africa

    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...
  5. Luis

    Vumacam aiding arrests in Gauteng

    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...
  6. Luis

    South African emergency number tender blunder

    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...
  7. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    9 LIVES: Tender tycoon Cat Matlala faces liquidation as R360m police contract hits the skids

    https://www.news24.com/news24/investigations/9-lives-tender-tycoon-cat-matlala-faces-liquidation-as-r360m-police-contract-hits-the-skids-20250328 9 LIVES: Tender tycoon Cat Matlala faces liquidation as R360m police contract hits the skids Tender tycoon Vusimusi Cat Matlala, who scored a R360...
  8. skimread

    Cops investigated after claiming criminals 'turned into cats' and escaped from cells

    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...
  9. pratlou

    ‘Fake’ UN official allegedly received briefings from SA’s top security cluster

    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...
  10. spamsam

    Who murdered the Home-Connect support staff?

    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...
  11. Agent67

    Police confirm nationwide probe into alleged corrupt recruitment of trainees

    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-16-police-confirm-nationwide-probe-into-alleged-corrupt-recruitment-of-trainees/
  12. Agent67

    Fears that scores of recruits paid for entry into SA police colleges

    https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-11-03-fears-that-scores-of-recruits-paid-for-entry-into-sa-police-colleges/#Echobox=1667430697
  13. RedViking

    When 10111 Just Rings and Rings (Publication)

    https://www.da.org.za/2022/09/when-10111-just-rings-and-rings?fbclid=IwAR11ZCTkiYtIIuk-1fa_yyMrn4-uX2je1pimxgqvrZF-pVVN4LAn-MRzsts
  14. TEXTILE GUY

    Police Minister Bheki Cele Destroys 30k Litres of Alcohol in Response to Khayelitsha Mass Shooting, SA Reacts

    https://briefly.co.za/south-africa/132671-police-minister-bheki-cele-destroys-alcohol-khayelitsha-mass-shooting-sa-reacts/
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ramaphosa promises 12,000 more police officers for SA

    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...
  16. Jan

    Network fault knocks SAPS, Treasury, and several other government departments offline

    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...
  17. J

    Thieves caught with R480,000-worth of cellphone tower batteries

    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...
  18. J

    SAPS launches new "My SAPS" crime-fighting app

    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.
  19. J

    South African police crisis

    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.
  20. Anthro

    Taxi driver shot in apparent road rage incident

    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...
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