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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Deputy President Paul Mashatile survives shooting

    Deputy President Paul Mashatile survives shooting The South African Police Service (Saps) is investigating a shooting incident which appeared to target Deputy President Paul Mashatile, City Press reports. Sources with knowledge of the incident said that one of Mashatile's cars was shot while...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Police arrest man with 554 suspected stolen cellphones

    Police arrest man with 554 suspected stolen cellphones On Wednesday, authorities recovered ten large bags of suspected stolen smartphones, tablets, and laptops from a cellphone shop owner in Bloemfontein, according to an official police statement. This was a joint operation between the Parkweg...
  4. Jan

    Eskom says illegal connections getting worse

    Eskom’s massive illegal electricity problems Eskom has major illegal electricity problems in South Africa, with the already-embattled power utility forced to fork out billions to address issues resulting from illicit connections, sales, and cable theft. Moreover, these activities can...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Firewall change killed Saps network for hours

    Firewall change killed Saps network for hours The State Information Technology Agency (Sita) has confirmed an outage that took down internal and public-facing networks of the South African Police Service (Saps) on Tuesday and Wednesday. Among its impacts, the issue resulted in the Saps website...
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  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Plan to attack illegal connections and copper theft

    Plan to attack illegal connections and copper theft Law enforcement entities, including the South African Police Service (Saps), are planning an illegal connection "attack" they believe could cut up to two stages of load-shedding as part of a broader operation cracking down on crimes against...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Illegal power connections are out of control

    Illegal power connections are out of control The City of Cape Town has spent R83-million so far this year on repairs to vandalised electricity infrastructure, and the situation is spiralling out of control, the City says. Last week the City disconnected hundreds of illegal electricity...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Police arrest three suspected railway thieves

    Police arrest three suspected railway thieves Three suspects were arrested on Tuesday on the N4 freeway in Middelburg after being found in possession of a truck transporting allegedly stolen railway track valued at about R3 million. The suspects, aged between 41 and 51, are expected to appear...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Saps hiring 10,000 new young officers

    Saps hiring 10,000 new young officers The South African Police Service (Saps) has embarked on its 2024/2025 recruitment process in which an additional 10,000 youth between the ages of 18 and 35 will be trained to serve as men and women in blue. The announcement was made by the Deputy Minister...
  10. Jan

    Four Eskom employees nailed for fraud at Tutuka - get R5000 bail

    Eskom nails four for fraud and corruption at Tutuka power station Eskom has announced the arrest of an employee for alleged fraud and corruption at the Tutuka Power Station. "A former Eskom short-term contract employee stationed at Tutuka Power Station was arrested on 10 May 2023 for fraud and...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cele may have lied to Parliament about his involvement in illegal spying equipment transaction

    Cele may have lied to Parliament about his involvement in illegal spying equipment transaction South African police minister Bheki Cele may have lied to Parliament when he denied his involvement in the illegal procurement of phone call interception and surveillance equipment, City Press...
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  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    "Facebook rapist" escape brings up big red flags about private prison corruption

    "Facebook rapist" escape brings up big red flags about private prison corruption Recently, South Africans were told about an extraordinary escape story – they learnt that a convicted rapist, Thabo Bester, had been at large for a year after he’d escaped from a privately-run maximum security...
  13. RedViking

    Mutilated body found of missing Durban graduate who told family she was going for drinks after work

    https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-03-21-mutilated-body-found-of-missing-durban-graduate-who-told-family-she-was-going-for-drinks-after-work/
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  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Court rules police's cellular contract with MTN unlawful

    Court rules police's cellular contract with MTN unlawful The High Court in Pretoria has declared the South African Police Services' R20-million-a-month contract for cellular services with MTN unlawful, Rapport reports. The court heard an application from Vodacom to have the contract reviewed...
  15. Jan

    MultiChoice targets 5,000 counterfeit remotes, joins Partners Against Piracy

    Police seize and destroy 5,000 fake DStv remotes MultiChoice has announced that South African police seized and saw to the destruction of 5,000 counterfeit remote controls that infringed on the company’s DStv logo trademark. The company said the remotes undermined its intellectual property...
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  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's Special Task Force "vat nie twak nie"

    South Africa's Special Task Force "vat nie twak nie" The South African Police Service (SAPS) has congratulated the Special Task Force (STF) Unit for ranking ninth at the recent UAE SWAT Challenge. This was after the Saps STF took part in the annual five-day UAE SWAT Challenge that featured 55...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Police and army get billions of rand extra in latest budget

    Police and army get billions of rand extra in latest budget South Africa is beefing up its security and prosecuting agencies as it steps up efforts to tackle rampant crime and corruption, which have stoked public outrage and scarred the nation’s reputation among investors. The national budget...
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  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN lands yearly R240-million cellular contract with police — and Vodacom is not happy

    MTN lands yearly R240-million cellular contract with police — and Vodacom is not happy Vodacom is suing the South African Police Service (Saps) for moving its lucrative cellular contract tender to MTN, Rapport reports. The mobile network operator has been the sole cellular services provider of...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    A guide to interpreting South Africa's quarterly crime stats

    A guide to interpreting South Africa's quarterly crime stats Numbers and statistics are essential for understanding crime. They tell us how many crimes were recorded during a certain period, the types of crime, and where they took place (or, at least, the police station where they were...
  20. Jan

    Eskom "termites" will soon be wearing orange overalls - Gordhan

    Gordhan vows to tackle corrupt "termites" at Eskom Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan had some harsh words for the "termites" within Eskom that continue to undermine the work being done at the power utility for the betterment of the country. During a media briefing on Eskom CEO André...
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  21. Jan

    One Internet-less computer for every four detectives - SRI report reveals disastrous state of police stations

    One Internet-less computer for every four detectives and pirated software — disastrous state of police stations The detective services of the South African Police Service (Saps) are facing a disaster because it is left without little to no resources or support to conduct investigations, a new...
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