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Mthatha residents have demanded that the police top brass abandon their blue-light convoys and walk the streets of their crime-plagued town.Speaking to police minister Bheki Cele and national police commissioner General Fannie Masemola, who visited the area on Wednesday, they said: “Leave your blue lights, VIP security and walk the streets. Drugs are being sold openly in some streets in town in broad daylight.“Mthatha is no longer safe.”

Three cash-in-transit heists involving heavy gunfire and explosives happened on a single day in the Eastern Cape, bringing the number of attacks in the past week to five.

The families and colleagues of the five Ngcobo policemen who were shot dead in cold blood in 2018 in an attack on their police station have reacted with shock to the news that one of their killers, Siphesihle Tatsi, was jailed for an effective 18 years rather than getting life imprisonment.

University of Pretoria study finds stronger, well-resourced, more effective community policing forums can make a significant impact

Standing in an open field behind Tyhume Crescent on Saturday, a KwaNobuhle mother felt numb as emergency services workers removed her son’s charred remains.

Senior SAPS and Hawks officials are working on completing risk assessments for witnesses set to testify in the corruption trial of former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others.

The National Prosecuting Authority says it is investigating the source of a document making the rounds on social media claiming drug cases will no longer be enrolled by Eastern Cape courts.

The SANDF confirmed on Tuesday that the trainee, who was part of a team of 28 members undergoing a 10-week advanced physical and psychological training course, disappeared last Wednesday.

Onlookers could not believe their eyes when a car stopped next to a crash scene on Berea Road just after 12.15pm on Monday.

Two South African ports, including Nelson Mandela Bay’s Port of Ngqura, have been flagged by the United Nations as hubs for drug trafficking and peddling of illicit goods.