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• Limpopo Corporate Communication Safer Festive Season communication plan rolled out throughout the province 19 December 2018
  Media Statement from Limpopo Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service The South African Police Service in Limpopo continue with the implementation of the Communication plan in support of the 2018 Provincial Safer Festive Season operational plan. On Tuesday evening 2018-12-18, the Section Head of Media Centre, Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe has conducted a live […]
• SAPS NEWS: Anti Gang Unit Members Descended on Paarl Area 19 December 2018
  Media Statement issued by the Western Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service Paarl: Members of the Anti-Gang Unit worked tirelessly on Monday 2018-12-17 at about 11:30, when they received information about gang activity in the Chicago area of Paarl East. The members searched about 20 shacks in an informal settlement where they […]
• GOODWOOD ROBBERY: Suspect Arrested for Business Robbery at Shopping Mall in Goodwood 19 December 2018
  Media Statement issued by the Western Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service Goodwood: The swift response from members of Goodwood SAPS led to the arrest of a 28-year-old suspect for a business robbery. On Tuesday 18 December at about 11:10 three suspects entered a clothing store in a shopping mall in Goodwood. […]
• R2 Billion Fund to Help Small Business Start-ups geared towards Creating Employment Opportunities 19 December 2018
  Government has on Friday launched a R2 billion fund to help small business start-ups that are geared towards creating employment opportunities and contribute towards the growth and development of the economy. The Project Development Partnership Fund (PDP) has been established through a joint venture between the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) […]
• SAPS NEWS: 25-Year-Old Man Handed 20 Years Imprisonment for Two Counts of Murder 18 December 2018
  Media Statement issued by the Eastern Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service King William’s Town: Mthatha High Court sentenced 25-year-old man, Andisile Centane to undergo 20 years imprisonment for murders of two school girls.  The accused was sentenced on Friday, 14 December 2018 at Mthatha High Court. It is alleged that the […]
• SAPS NEWS: Police Launch Search Operation for a Missing Teenager 18 December 2018
  Media Statement from Limpopo Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service The police in Makhado outside Louis Trichardt have launched a search for a 14-year-old teenage boy, Pfano Emmanuel Tshikhudo from Makhado Park location, who went missing on 16 December 2018 around 09:00 in the morning. According to the missing boy’s mother, she last […]
• GREAT NEWS: South Africans Detained in China have been Released from Prison 18 December 2018
  The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has confirmed that Tristan-Lee Niemand and another six South Africans detained in China have been released from prison and will be deported this week. The department in a statement said the South African mission in Shanghai has informed Minister Lindiwe Sisulu that the seven South African nationals […]
• CAPE TOWN SAPS NEWS: Firearm Recovered Immediately after Shootings in Ocean View 18 December 2018
  Media Statement from Western Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service Our endeavors to fight crime which may threaten the safety and security of the community yielded success yesterday when crime operations were conducted by Ocean View SAPS members after two people had been shot at around 05:45 and at 07:00.  Visible policing […]
• TABLE VIEW SAPS NEWS: 3 Arrested for Dealing in Illegal Substance, Cannabis Confiscated 18 December 2018
  Media Statement from Western Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service Vigilant members of Table View Police were busy with routine patrols on Thursday, 13 December 2018 in Blaauwberg Road, when at 23:00 they received information about a man selling drugs from his vehicle, which was parked at a petrol garage in Koeberg […]
• SAPS NEWS: Investigates Murder of Woman (28) after her Body was Found with a Bullet Wound this morning, Butterworth EC 17 December 2018
  Media Statement from Eastern Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service KING WILLIAM’S TOWN: Msobomvu Police are investigating a murder case following the murder of 28-year-old woman. It is alleged that the body of the deceased was seen by a community member on Monday, 17 December 2018 at about 04:00 at Cuba Township, […]
• SAPS NEWS: Police Saddened by the Loss of Two Members in Fatal Road Accidents 17 December 2018
  Media Statement from Gauteng Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service PARKTOWN: The management of the South African Police Service in Gauteng is saddened after learning of the death of two members, one on-duty and the second one off-duty, in two separate accidents. In the first incident on Saturday, 15 December 2018 at about […]
• CARJACKING VICTIM RESCUED: Carjacking Victim Rescued by Police Members, 1 Suspect Arrested 17 December 2018
  Media Statement from Kwazulu-Natal Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service On 13 December 2018 at 23:00, police officers from EThekwini Inner South acted on intelligence of a possible hijacked vehicle in Umlazi, J Section. Upon arrival at the mentioned area the police spotted a vehicle along Nkonjane Avenue with three occupants and pursued […]
• CAPE TOWN SAPS NEWS: Ten Suspects Arrested for Serious Crimes in Nyanga 17 December 2018
  Media Statement from Western Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service Ten suspects are expected to appear in court after they were arrested for cases of murder and possession of a hijacked vehicle. Seven suspects were arrested by members of Nyanga Serious and Violent Crimes for different cases of murder they have committed. […]
• Body Of A Man Found Floating In A Dam In Centurion 17 December 2018
  The body of a man, believed to be in his 40s, was found floating in a dam on an estate in Centurion this morning.When ER24 Paramedics arrived at the scene shortly after 11H00, they found SAPS, SAPS search and rescue as well as the SAPS divers on the scene. The SAPS divers were busy retrieving […]
• CAPE TOWN SAPS NEWS: Four Suspects Arrested for Murder in Milnerton 16 December 2018
  Media Statement from Western Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service The vigilance of members attached to Milnerton police stopped four suspects in their tracks after a 79-year-old man was murdered in Milnerton yesterday. The members were patrolling near Percival Road when they saw the suspects robbing the victim after they tied him […]
• SAPS NEWS: Western Cape police make Breakthrough in the Murder of Bonnievale Couple 16 December 2018
  Media Statement from Western Cape Media CentreCorporate Communication and LiaisonSouth African Police Service Following the murder of a couple on a farm in Bonnievale in the Langeberg area of the Western Cape, local detectives worked around the clock and arrested a 33-year-old male. On Friday, 14 December 2018, Bonnievale police were alerted to an abandoned […]
• R59 Head-on Collision Claims Three Lives Including That Of A Child 16 December 2018
  Three people, including a child, were killed in a head-on collision on the R59 near Taaibosspruit between Vereeniging and Sasolburg this morning.Shortly before 7am on Sunday morning, paramedics from ER24 and local emergency services arrived on the scene where they found both vehicles with severe damage. A woman and young child were found with fatal […]
• Man Found Dead On Roof Of Building In Marshalltown, Johannesburg 15 December 2018
  A young man was found with fatal injuries on the roof of a building in Marshalltown, Johannesburg this morning.Shortly before 8am paramedics from ER24 and the Johannesburg Fire Department arrived on the scene and the apartment building. Upon assessment, they found that a man was lying on a roof near the ground floor of the […]
• One Person Was Killed & At Least 20 Others Injured In Head-on Collision On R54, Fochville / Potchefstroom 15 December 2018
  At least 20 people were injured and one person sustained fatal injuries in a collision along the R54 between Fochville and Potchefstroom this afternoon.Shortly after 12pm on Saturday afternoon, paramedics from ER24, Northwest EMS and Fire Services arrived on the scene where they found a light motor vehicle and a minibus which collided head-on with […]
• Four People Were Killed, 5 Others Injured In N3 Collision Near Bergville Toll Plaza 15 December 2018
  Four people were killed and five others sustained various injuries when their vehicle overturned on the N3 near the Bergville toll plaza along the N3 during the early hours of Saturday morning.Shortly after 1am paramedics from ER24 and KwaZulu-Natal Emergency Services arrived on the scene where they found the occupants ejected from the vehicle. Sadly, […]