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The Scopa hearings into Eskom corruption are revealing just how bad the problem is — and how little Bheki Cele has done about it

Crowds cheered and clapped as an heroic off-duty Mthatha policeman single-handedly took down a gang of four heavily armed cash-in-transit robbers in a shoot-out which left one suspect dead and the others fleeing for their lives. The suspected robber died in hospital after sustaining injuries, the Hawks have confirmed.

I am writing to express my disagreement with the actions of the Gauteng crime busting unit, which I believe are in violation of legislation. As you are aware, the role of law enforcement agencies is to uphold the law and protect citizens.

“I would never travel from Durban to come and kill people in East London. I am not a killer,” one of the men accused of the murders of University of Fort Hare staff members said. Shocking details leading up to the killings emerged in the Dimbaza magistrate’s court on Wednesday as three of the five men accused of murdering the Fort Hare fleet manager Petrus Roets and Mboneli Vesele, the vice-chancellor’s bodyguard, took the witness box for the first time for the continuation of their bail...

Members of the Public Order Police arrested three people for drug-related crimes by following up on information from the public. On 10 May 2023 members operationalized information about an alleged drug dealer delivering drugs in Winnie Park in Bronville. Members spotted the vehicle fitting the description circulated and conducted a stop and search. The 50-year-old

Mount Road police watched in disbelief this week as the sheriff arrived and loaded eight of their vehicles onto flatbed trucks and drove off with them in response to a 10-year-long dispute over money allegedly owed to one of their own.

The murder of two police officers is being investigated after they were found shot metres away from a state vehicle in Roodepoort.

Police minister Bheki Cele and his deputy Cassel Mathale will deliver eulogies at the funeral services of the two Eastern Cape officers killed on duty this weekend as police release their names.

Three suspects are set to appear in a Mpumalanga court after they were allegedly caught red-handed stealing overhead Transnet cables on Thursday.

Double-storey houses, classic and luxury cars, jewellery, furniture and musical instruments were among the assets restrained by the NPA's Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) on Thursday in connection with 53 unlawfully awarded police contracts