Two women murdered in two separate incidents

Bethelsdorp SAPS investigating cases of murder after 2 women were murdered in 2 separate incidents. It is alleged that during the early hours of 10...

Update on PE Fire in Thornhill area – second fatality

On Sunday, 11 June 2017 devastating fires continued in the Humansdorp Cluster as a number of buildings and vegetation were destroyed over the past...

Workers fear job losses after forestry burns

About 200 people at a forestry plantation in the Eastern Cape were evacuated to safe places on Wednesday. This, after a raging veld fire...

Suspect arrested within hours after committing robbery

The vigilance and swift back to basics approach by two police officials from Despatch SAPS paid off, when they successfully apprehended a suspect within...

Land occupiers say ‘we will die fighting for our shacks’

On Tuesday, at least five vehicles were damaged – two of them petrol-bombed – when land occupiers in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, were served a...

Zero tolerance against parking within disabled parking

Designated parking bays are reserved at almost every public place including SAPS premises for use by persons with disabilities thus making it easier for...

Fire fighters treated by paramedics

On 7 June 2017, paramedics were standing by at fires in the Van Staadens Gorge and Thornhill areas of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage, where...

Shocking petrol bomb attack on ambulance in Wells Estate

Following a petrol bomb attack on an emergency vehicle during protests yesterday, ambulances from the Eastern Cape Department of Health will no longer attend...

Hundreds of outsourced workers on strike at Coega export company

Since 24 May, hundreds of workers have been on strike at Dynamic Commodities, an export fruit and ice cream manufacturing company operating from the Conga...

Rape and murder suspects arrested

In line with the Back to Basics policing approach to thoroughly and responsively investigate every crime reported, investigators worked tirelessly around the clock since...

SAPS give warning to protesters

Eastern Cape SAPS issue warning to Protestors in Nelson Mandela Bay. The South African Police Service management in Nelson Mandela Bay has strongly condemned the...

Walter Sisulu campus closed again

The Walter Sisulu campus is again closed until further notice due to ongoing student protests. Intimidation of staff has resulted in administrative and academic activities...