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A 38-year-old suspect has been arrested after being caught at a Barberton dumping site in Mpumalanga on Sunday pushing a trolley which allegedly had a 19-year-old woman’s body wrapped inside a bag.

The syndicate mainly targets residents in Lenasia and Alexandra, and the stolen cables are used for illegal electricity connections at informal settlements.

A Free State woman who lost her eye after being struck by a rubber bullet during a protest in 2019 has won R1.7 million in damages from Police Minister Bheki Cele. 



Western Cape police have arrested three men in separate incidents for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, and abalone.

Violent crimes in South Africa have increased by 11.6 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year.

Two employees of contractors hired by Johannesburg’s City Power have been arrested for theft of copper cables.

There were emotional scenes at Johannesburg's OR Tambo and Cape Town international airports on Saturday when Gift of the Givers and SAPS search-and-rescue teams arrived home from Türkiye.

A senior Eastern Cape police officer on a rescue mission in Turkey has told of her heart-wrenching experience after the 7.8 earthquake killed thousands of people and left a trail of destruction. Brig Vimla Moodley, stationed at the SAPS provincial headquarters in Qonce, is part of the rescue team working with the Gift of the Givers to assist victims and affected families in the aftermath of the quake that ravaged Turkey and Syria.

Police in Ekurhuleni District arrested a 33-year-old woman in Ivory Park on Thursday, 16 February 2023, and recovered drugs and cash following an intelligence-driven operation. According to a preliminary report members of Ekurhuleni District Crime Intelligence and SAPS Ivory Park operationalised information on drug dealings taking place in Ivory Park, extension two. Upon their arrival

Forty-six police officers have been dismissed for various transgressions in the current financial year, police minister Bheki Cele said on Friday.