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Increase in farm attacks in Free State: Rural safety is absolutely vital

Increase in farm attacks in Free State: Rural safety is absolutely...

The latest farm attack that was successfully warded off on Sunday 21 June 2020, in which the Parr couple was attacked by five assailants...
Armed robbery: Security guard shot in the face, Kempton Park. Photo: Arrive Alive

Armed robbery: Security guard shot in the face, Kempton Park

At 10:52 on Monday morning, 22 June 2020, Netcare 911 responded to reports of a shooting on Bergrivier Drive in Kempton Park on the...
Suspect sought for Mafikeng CIT robbery where 2 policeman were killed. Photo: SAPS

Suspect sought for Mafikeng CIT robbery where 2 policeman were killed

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation arrested a suspect on the night of 21 June 2020, in a multi-disciplinary operation in Soweto. The suspect...
Gang affiliate sentenced to life plus 31 years, Port Elizabeth. Photo: SAPS

Gang affiliate sentenced to life plus 31 years, Port Elizabeth

A 21-year-old gang member affiliated to the ‘NTB’ gang was sentenced on 22 June 2020, in the Port Elizabeth High court on two cases...
Stolen vehicle and firearms recovered, 5 arrested, Fordsburg. Photo: SAPS

Stolen vehicle and firearms recovered, 5 arrested, Fordsburg

Police, in conjunction with Johannesburg K9 Unit, arrested five suspects between the ages of 30 and 66 for possession of a suspected stolen motor...
Bank teller arrested - 25 counts of fraud and 6 counts of theft

Bank teller arrested – 25 counts of fraud and 6 counts...

The investigative work conducted by the Uitenhage Cluster Commercial Crimes task team and Forensic investigators yielded positive results when a bank teller in Uitenhage...
Police come under fire, recover firearms, Wentworth

Police come under fire, recover firearms, Wentworth

On the night of 21 June 2020, detectives from the Provincial Organised Crime Unit and Metro Police conducted an intelligence driven operation in the...
Closure of Ficksburg SAPS administration offices

Closure of Ficksburg SAPS administration offices

All communities that are serviced by Ficksburg SAPS are advised that the Administration offices based at the Border Gate have been temporarily closed due...
Man arrested en route to Durban with a disassembled shotgun, Wanderers. Photo: SAPS

Man arrested en route to Durban with a disassembled shotgun, Wanderers

Police arrested a 20-year-old male for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition at Wanderers taxi rank corner Noord and Wanderers Streets on Saturday,...
Hijacked organisation gets millions in Lottery grants

Hijacked organisation gets millions in Lottery grants

An unfinished care home for elderly people in North West Province funded by the National Lotteries Commission. The photo was taken at the end...
Government discourages taxi industry shutdown

Government discourages taxi industry shutdown

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has appealed to the leadership of the taxi industry not to embark on a shutdown on Monday. “We are convinced that...
AfriForum releases report on China’s increasing influence in Africa

AfriForum releases report on China’s increasing influence in Africa

The civil rights organisation AfriForum and the think tank Opinor on 21 June 2020, released a report on China’s increasing influence on the African...