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Acting police minister Firoz Cachalia. (@Prof_Cachalia/X)

Crime drop offers ‘hope’, but GBV crisis and corruption still severe, police minister says

Organised syndicates remain a national security threat, demanding a full policing ‘reset’

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
John Hume (left) and his co-accused in court. (@CrimeWatch_RSA/X)

Controversial rhino breeder John Hume in dock on charges of rhino horn trafficking

Hume and five others, including his lawyer Izak du Toit, were granted bail on Tuesday

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
The Hawks has cracked a transnational wildlife trafficking syndicate at the centre of one of South Africa’s biggest rhino horns fraud schemes. Photo: Supplied

Hawks bust rhino trafficking syndicate linked to 964 horns

The arrests are the result of a seven-year investigation

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read
The men were sentenced for poaching 303 rate specied found in the Northern and Western Cape. Photo: WWF

Plant poachers get slapped with jail sentences of 15 years each

The rare plants which occur in the Northern and Western Cape, have an estimated street value of R6 million to R30 million

  • Sheree Bega
2 min read
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

He is a whistleblower, police committee chair says of Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi

Ian Cameron has again called for lifestyle and skills audits on the top ranks of the South African Police Service

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Bloody: Police officers respond to a shooting in Manenberg. Areas of the Cape Flats are controlled by gangs, who contest their turf with rival gangs. Photo: Pieter Bauermeister/AFP

Cape Town gangs step in where the state fails

Extortion gangs provide ‘services’ through violence and coercion in Western Cape townships

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
An estimated 1,800 state-owned firearms are being lost or stolen every year, entering the illicit market and finding their way into the hands of criminals. (Archive photo supplied by Western Cape government)

Government is losing 1,800 firearms a year to criminals

There are 2.2-million firearms owned by 502 state institutions in South Africa

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read
Police officers on guard at the magistrate’s court in Durban. File photo

KZN cop killings: Organised crime is the enemy

According to an expert on violence prevention, SAPS must move resources from the VIP protection unit to organised crime prevention

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read