Pretoria, 23 November 2017: Yesterday, the newly appointed National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Khehla Sitole, outlined his vision for the South African Police Service at a press briefing in Pretoria. The Minister of Police, Minister Fikile Mbalula, introduced the new…
Over the past four weeks, the Rhino 8 Task Team has arrested several suspects for various crimes related to rhino poaching. The Rhino 8 team comprises of various government departments including members from various disciplines of the South African Police Service, Customs and Excise, the…
NORTH WEST - The Serious Organised Crime unit of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation in the North West arrested five suspects aged between 34 and 60 today in Wolmaranstad for motor vehicle fraud, robbery and intimidation. The five suspects are part of a syndicate…
The Minister of Police, Mr Fikile Mbalula condemns the attack incident where Emergency Medical Services personnel were transporting an eight year old child to hospital were ambushed and robbed along the N2 near Borcheds Quarry two days ago. The child later died after being off…
Pretoria, 06 November 2017: The South African Police Service held it's first Head Office Women's Network and Men for Change Excellence Awards on Friday evening in Pretoria to honour and recognize the outstanding efforts of employees, both men and women in blue who went beyond…
Volgens die polisie se misdaadstatistiek het plaasmoorde en –aanvalle in die 2016/2017 boekjaar skerp toegeneem. Plaasmoorde het met 27,5% en plaasaanvalle met 22,9% toegeneem. In die verslagjaar was daar 74 plaasmoorde (58 in 2015/16) en 638 plaasaanvalle (519 in 2015/16). Nadat die polisie aanvanklik geweier…
Crime statistics for 2016/2017 released Cape Town, Tuesday 24 October 2017: Today the Department of Police, led by the Minister of Police, Mr Fikile Mbalula, released the annual national crime statistics for the 2016/2017 financial year. These statistics reflect on the period 1 April 2016…
During Parliament’s state capture inquiry, Former Eskom CEO Brian Dames testified that "Eskom was in bad shape" and former Eskom employee, Ted Blom, accused Eskom of single-handedly wrecking South Africa’s economy. He also said "a kilowatt hour of electricity should cost 30c and not almost…
Pretoria, Tuesday 17 October 2017: The South African Police Service reaffirms its position that the 10111 SAPU-affiliated employees strike is unprotected. This follows the signing of a collective agreement in September at the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council (SSSBC) to which both POPCRU as…
The South African Police Service officially launched its nationwide campaign for a safer festive season yesterday in Seshego in the Limpopo province. It is common knowledge that the festive season is a time when most people take time off work to relax and spend time…