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Humanitarian relief organisation Gift of the Givers has spent R10m providing emergency relief to thousands of people displaced or affected by recent floods in the Western Cape.

An armoured cash vehicle was set alight during a robbery attempt on the N2 between KwaMashu and Nandi Drive in Durban on Thursday evening.

Alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield and wife Nicole Johnson were arrested on charges of theft at their Constantia home on Friday evening

A police officer will appear in court on Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed his wife to death and injured another woman during a scuffle at a tavern.

The latest crime statistics show about 60 vehicles are hijacked in South Africa every day. Presenting the statistics for the first quarter of 2023/24 (April to June), the SAPS said 5,488 cars were hijacked in the period.

Nkululeko Mkhize, who owned a tow-truck company, is believed to have been a key underground figure involved in tender kickbacks

A defence lawyer in the Senzo Meyiwa trial questioned police constable Sizwe Skhumbuzo Zungu on why he did not act immediately if he had information that could have helped solve the murder, if true.

A gunshot sounded out in Fitchard Street on Monday, cutting short a physically impaired man’s morning ritual of sweeping the street in front of his family’s home.

Police reinforcements are required to deal with a "new crop" of ruthless criminals behind a recent spate of violent crimes, police minister Bheki Cele said on Tuesday.

In an attempt to curtail increased crime, the SA Police Service (SAPS) recently announced it will raise the recruitment age limit from 30 to 35 years for the 2024/2025 recruitment period. This in hopes of increasing the number of police officers patrolling the streets – a number that sits at about 187,000.