Even when the ANC Elective Conference is dominating headlines, the Sunday Times still managed to find some separate story to break. This time, it’s about the South African Police Service purchasing possibly the most expensive bulletproof vests in the world. The report states that R6.7 million was spent on 200 hi-tech lightweight vests for ballistics..
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Outcry as SAPS spend millions on “most expensive bulletproof vests in the world”
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Play dead, live another day – 89-year Sedgefield woman after attack
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An 89-year-old Sedgefield woman is in good spirits and well on her way to recovery only days after she was violently attacked and robbed at her home last week. A sprightly Janet Rendell, who lives in the Groenvlei area with her husband Tony, this week relayed the scene that played itself out on 5 December,..
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Women with kids robbed at gunpoint on beachfront
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A visiting King William’s Town mother was robbed at gunpoint in front of her two young children when they went for a walk at the Port Elizabeth beachfront. Two gunmen attacked Maree Rushmere, 37, and her 66-year-old mother, Patricia Hayes, just metres from the Protea Hotel Marine. Police spokeswoman Colonel Priscilla Naidu said a case..
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WATCH: Motorist assaults traffic officer for giving him a fine
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A motorist who allegedly assaulted a traffic officer after being stopped for breaking a road rule has been arrested‚ the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) and police confirmed on Tuesday. He is now facing a criminal charge and being kept in custody until his next court appearance. The clash occurred on the N12 in Potchefstroom..
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Colonel Ruben Govender (Pet Cop Of Roy Moodley) Has Just Been Removed From Our Case – Jacques Pauw
ANC vote buying: Mbalula seizes R2.5-million
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Police minister Fikile Mbalula has claimed his officers have intercepted R2.5-million meant to buy votes from ANC delegates attending the national conference at Nasrec. Mbalula uploaded pictures of the money accompanied by #VotesForCash on Tuesday afternoon. He has publicly backed former African Union commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to replace president Jacob Zuma in a succession..
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Arms smugglers caught red handed with AK47 rifles and ammunition near Komatipoort border
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Two suspects were arrested in the early hours of yesterday morning during an intelligence-driven operation comprising of various disciplines of the SAPS, both from police Head Office as well as Limpopo Province. The team followed up on intelligence that two suspects, aged 17 and 35 years, were smuggling arms into South Africa through the border..
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Escalating political murders – ANC Youth League in KZN want to take up weapons
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The ANC Youth League in KwaZulu-Natal has made a call for the revival of the ANC’s defunct self-defence units (SDUs) to protect party leaders from escalating political murders. ANCYL provincial secretary Thanduxolo Sabelo told The Mercury that the league would present the proposal for SDUs at the ANC’s provincial general council (PGC), which is being..
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Mbalula issues call-up for more than 600 former ‘freedom fighters’
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The minister of police has called up 600 members of the so-called non-statutory powers (NSM) after a meeting on Friday. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss promotions and possible fears that Mbalula wants to “buy” such loyalty for the December ANC election as well as the 2019 election. The call also includes members..
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From Constable To South Africa’s New Police Commissioner – Meet Khehla John Sitole
Mob attack alleged child rapist after cops ‘fail to arrest him’
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An alleged child rapist from Delft was assaulted by an angry mob on Monday after an 11-year-old girl was attacked. Residents say police failed to arrest the 32-year-old man for an entire day after the case was reported and he was subsequently assaulted in the street and a tyre placed around his neck. The girl’s..
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Officer investigated for fraud was nominated for trip to France
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Instead of suspending a high-ranking police officer who is under investigation for fraud, the police wanted to send her on a trip to France. The Portfolio Committee on Police on Wednesday took a dim view when acting head of crime intelligence Major General King Bhoyi Ngcobo – who has been described in the press as..
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Breaking News: ‘Military detained Zim’s finance minister’
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Zimbabwe’s military said it had seized power in a targeted assault on “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe who were causing social and economic suffering, but gave assurances the 93-year-old leader and his family were “safe and sound”. Zimbabwean soldiers and armoured vehicles blocked roads to the main government offices, parliament and the courts in central..
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Public Protector CEO Themba Dlamini has thrown in the towel after 8 months
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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s CEO Themba Dlamini has thrown in the towel just eight months after joining the chapter nine institution in March this year. Mkhwebane’s spokesperson Cleopatra Mosana confirmed on Tuesday that Dlamini had resigned and cited personal reasons for his resignation. “The Public Protector has accepted the resignation. His last day will be..
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Top anti-poaching cop fired due to alleged “trumped-up charges”
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One of South Africa’s top anti-rhino poaching cops has been fired on allegedly “trumped-up charges” and is now unemployed and looking for a job. “It is appalling … the whole thing is a circus,” Warrant Officer JP van Zyl-Roux’s attorney Jacques Botha told The Witness. After 29 years in the police force, the latter 10..
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