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By | December 19, 2021

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Eastern Cape initiate disappears hours before his homecoming ceremony

15m ago Teen arrested after child, 3, killed in Cape Town hit and run

4h ago Suspected robber killed during shootout with police, officer injured

8h ago Sacked top cop Jeremy Vearey ‘demonstrated a culture of impunity’, says Bheki Cele

11h ago ‘Protect yourselves when confronted by gun-toting criminals’ – Cele tells police officers

21 Dec Cele tells police to be calm and professional

21 Dec BEST OF 2021 | Cops splurge R100m on spy technology they cannot use

21 Dec ‘We felt helpless’ – Pit bull had to be stabbed to death so that girl could be released

21 Dec IPID probes death in custody at Cape Town police station

21 Dec WATCH | Bheki Cele flushes 20 000 litres of illegal alcohol during festive season tour

20 Dec Gauteng pair granted bail for allegedly trying to sell lion’s head for R350K in North West

20 Dec Triple murder probed as three mowed down in block of flats in Cape Town suburb

20 Dec Pit bull mauls 3-year-old Gqeberha girl to death while its owner is out of town

20 Dec Skeleton uncovered at Gqeberha beach

20 Dec Eastern Cape police accused of colluding with law firms over R8 billion lawsuit bill

17 Dec Wife of Mpumalanga cop shot dead in home charged with his murder

16 Dec Mpumalanga man arrested for two-year rape and robbery spree

16 Dec Two robbers arrested after shootout with police in Wellington, officer wounded

16 Dec WATCH | Police, army on alert for unrest following Zuma ruling, says police minister

16 Dec Two police officers among four arrested in KZN stock theft case

16 Dec Two police officers among four arrested in KZN stock theft case

16 Dec Mpumalanga man in court for allegedly killing 6-year-old granddaughter

16 Dec Letters | SAPS’ magic cars

16 Dec Our viewpoint | SA facing deadly holiday season with Covid-19

15 Dec Children among five killed in brutal attack in Boston, KZN



15 Dec Cop who stood in for surgeon accused of botching circumcisions of two initiates in Eastern Cape

15 Dec Hawks officer firing on hijackers shot by a cop in an apparent mix-up

14 Dec WATCH | Woman claims Mamelodi cops ignored her attempt to open domestic violence case

13 Dec Six killed in gruesome Durban shooting

13 Dec Elderly feeling unsafe on KZN north coast

13 Dec Top cop looking into PPE procurement ‘definitely’ poisoned – files, laptop ‘removed’ after his…

13 Dec Adriaan Basson | Goodbye to a year that challenged us to the hilt

13 Dec Two men arrested for allegedly killing KZN cop in ambush

12 Dec I will keep hunting them down, says Mpumalanga cop who helped put away 12 serial rapists

11 Dec WATCH | SAPS in uMgungundlovu District launches festive season plan

10 Dec Mothers urged to refrain from allowing strangers to carry their babies

09 Dec Three arrested for murder of young inkosi in Nkandla

09 Dec Limpopo cop in custody for allegedly demanding bribe after dagga bust

09 Dec Letters | Focus on the Phoenix deaths: is there an agenda at play?

09 Dec Had police arrested him, he wouldn’t have petrol bombed our home, says GBV victim

09 Dec Limpopo teen arrested for allegedly killing 15-year-old girl, dumping body

08 Dec Cop in the dock for rape of man he apprehended for attempted shoplifting, State to oppose bail

07 Dec Child abducted 20 years ago spotted on Facebook by the brother who didn’t know they were related

07 Dec Limpopo police launch manhunt after girl, 15, stabbed to death, dumped in bushes

07 Dec Seven arrested in Gauteng after taxi hijacked, driver and passenger held hostage

07 Dec Our viewpoint | Protesters blocking the roads is unacceptable

07 Dec Another brutal farm attack in KZN

07 Dec Police officer guilty of rape, sexual assault dies in car crash day before sentencing

06 Dec Service delivery! Two cops help a woman give birth to a healthy baby boy at Springs police station

06 Dec SAPS suspends Cape Town cop accused of raping shoplifting susp