Tracker has launched a thought-provoking video urging South Africans to 'take our country back' by showing the very real
link between so-called ‘lesser crimes’ in South Africa and violent
crime syndicates.
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Minority trade union, Solidarity plans to deliver 23,000 anti-crime letters to President Jacob Zuma at Parliament on Tuesday.
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According to a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), police visibility must increase for serious and violent crimes to be reduced. Crime and Justice Programme senior researcher, Dr Johan Burger, was reacting to President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address in which Zuma said the number of police would increase by 10 percent.
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Six people involved in a drug syndicate in Cape Town and Johannesburg have been arrested, the Hawks said on Thursday.
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Government and traditional healers have formed an alliance declaring
war on muti killings, following the death of 10-year-old Kgomo Masego
early this year.
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A 24-hour toll free helpline for victims and members of the public to report human trafficking was launched in Johannesburg today.
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Several learners from both primary and high schools around Limpopo have
been awarded certificates of appreciation for their efforts in helping
police to curb crime over the festive season.
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Eleven people, including two police officers, were arrested for being
involved in a spate of bank and business robberies in Ventersdorp,
Orkney, Christiana and Wolmaransstad, the North West department of
public safety said on Friday.
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The police advertised in major newspapers on Sunday to re-recruit
former officers. Advertisements in City Press and Rapport newspapers
invited "applications of former members who are interested to be
re-enlisted in the SAPS."
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There was a significant decline in various crimes over the festive season, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on Monday.
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Over 1000 people were arrested in provinces across the country during the festive season, national police said on Friday.
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The public are increasingly assisting police in fighting organised
crime syndicates by SMS-ing their tip-offs to Crime Line, said the SMS
service on Sunday.
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Twenty-eight home affairs officials have been suspended for fraud, Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said in Pretoria on Tuesday. "They were suspended for producing documents and selling them to the people," she said.
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Crime intelligence officials made the second largest drug bust in the
country's history on Friday morning seizing drugs and equipment worth
well over R1 billion, police said.
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Murder rates in SA had declined 30% over the past 15 years, but this
has not been reflected in the perceptions of South Africans, who feel
crime levels have actually increased, the South African Institute of
Race Relations said yesterday.
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The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), also known as
the Hawks, have arrested one of the country's most wanted drug kingpins.
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A total of 923 government officials have been caught during the human
settlement department's crackdown on corruption, Human Settlements
Minister Tokyo Sexwale said on Thursday.
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Five people, including three traffic officers, were arrested in
Stellenbosch on charges of dealing in and issuing fraudulent licences,
the transport department said on Tuesday.
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Two weeks of policing at land, sea and airport entry points has
resulted in the arrest of 1,152 suspects, the SA Police Service said on
Wednesday.
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Former world junior flyweight champion Baby Jake Matlala kicked off an aerobic physical fitness programme for police officers at Orlando community hall in Soweto on Wednesday.
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An effort to curb armed robberies and hijackings in the Eastern Cape
has led to the arrest of 80 people since August, police said on
Wednesday.
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A recent global hunt for criminals on the run from the law around the
world attracted the biggest support from South Africans, a conference
in Australia heard this week, with SA's pioneering Crime Line the
driving force behind the country's response.
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A new television programme, following in the footsteps of Police File,
will help fight crime and enhance government efforts to deal with crime
against women and children, Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa said on
Thursday.
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A crime operation aimed at reducing contact crime in the Eastern Cape
has led to the arrest of 251 people, police said on Tuesday.
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President Jacob Zuma will meet more than 1000 police station commanders
from across the country in Pretoria on Tuesday to share his vision and to obtain a firsthand account of
work from the coalface.
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