The IFP believes that police should be able to carry out airport-style security checks for knives and guns in schools after a learner was stabbed to death at Hlamvana High School in Empangeni in KZN. "This latest incident shows clearly that not enough is being…
Pretoria : 3 November 2015 - The close working relationship between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the National Parks in fighting the scourge of rhino poaching in the country is proving to be a potent force in dealing serious blows to poachers. To…
Pretoria: 03 November 2015 - Ongoing investigations by the National Investigations Unit (NINU) of the South African Police Service have established that one of the three men arrested in connection for possession of a firearm in Pretoria North last month could be linked to at least…
Pretoria - A 30-year-old police constable stationed at the Dunnottar police station just outside Springs in Gauteng was on Tuesday arrested by the Hawks for allegedly conspiring with suspects to rob the same station of its firearms. When the Dunnottar police station was attacked on…
Pretoria: 21 October 2015 - The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), comprising of the South African Police Service and various Government departments, has been activated, as well as the Provincial JOINTS to ensure that a multi-disciplinary approach is followed with regards to protest actions…
Pretoria : A joint intelligence-driven operation between the South African Police Service (SAPS) crime fighting units, including the Hawks made a breakthrough today in its efforts to curb drug dealing, when five people, including a senior police officer suspected of being part of a drug trafficking syndicate operating in and around the Johannesburg area were arrested. The 51-year-old colonel was arrested just after…
Pretoria : 5 October 2015 – In line with the government’s National Drug Master Plan, the South African Police Service (SAPS) is committed itself to ensuring that last week’s country wide operation, during which drug dens were raided throughout the country, becomes a regular feature…
The Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal takes a very grim view of the crime statistics that were announced yesterday. "We are not at all surprised at the rise in serious and violent crime in our province as there were 3 810 murders between 2014/2015. While…
Pretoria : 29 September 2015 - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has noted and welcomes yesterday's (28 September 2015) conviction of eight Soweto men by the high court sitting in Palm Ridge for racketeering, possession of unlicensed firearm and multiple robberies. The SAPS, following…
The Inkatha Freedom Party is disappointed with the crime statistics released today by the Minister of Police, Hon. Nkosinathi Nhleko, describing them as disconnected from the current crime reality we find ourselves in here in South Africa. IFP spokesperson on Police, Mr Albert Mncwango, MP,…