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'Blood sweat and water all the way, you grind your teeth and push through.' This is how new constable Maileene Dreyer described her nine months of police training and how she managed to get through it.

"My first day at work was so beautiful, my colleagues were so welcoming, everyone was so excited," Thapelo told TshisaLIVE.

A late night protest on Durban’s notorious N2 freeway resulted in a family being injured in a car crash after they tried to avoid burning tyres strewn across the road.

Following the unrest in July 2021, which saw widespread violence and looting, 4 000 new recruits will be deployed to the Public Order Police unit. 



Two men on Monday, 12 December 2022, appeared before the Klerksdorp Magistrate’s Court on charges of common robbery. The accused court appearance stems from their apprehension on Friday, 09 December 2022. It is alleged that the police in Klerksdorp was called to the scene by a 31-year-old mother, who reported that an unknown suspect grabbed

The Gauteng High Court sentenced Soweto serial rapist Katlego Mabote to five life terms and 42 years in prison. 


The Police in Malamulele has launched a manhunt for the heartless suspect who doused a house with a highly flammable substance believed to be petrol and set it alight while six people, amongst them, four children, were sleeping inside at Plange village, Mtiti. The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, 11

The South African Police Service (SAPS) remains resolute in addressing the proliferation of essential infrastructure-related crime as this type of crime has a detrimental impact on the economy of the country. On Monday, 12 December 2022 police in Sedibeng District arrested five suspects in Vanderbijlpark and recovered suspected stolen copper cables found in their possession.

Rain does little to dampen festive mood for nearly 3,000 newly appointed officers and their proud families.

More than 200 cases of violent crimes, including rape and murder, have been struck off the court roll in the Western Cape due to incomplete investigations, some caused by delays in processing DNA evidence at the provincial SAPS forensic science laboratory.