After South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, there was significant optimism about police reform in the country. Impressive steps were taken to bring the South African Police Service under ...

Police in South Africa arrested four people including two Mexican nationals after uncovering a multimillion-dollar drug manufacturing lab on a farm in the country’s north. The South African ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu and announced an investigation into ...

A recent HSRC survey reveals that trust in the South African police has fallen to a historic low of 22%, raising concerns ...

A South African top security official accused the police minister and a deputy national commissioner of colluding with crime syndicates, sparking public uproar. In an unprecedented move, General ...

The track record of the South African Police Service (SAPS) has measurably declined since 2012. The detection rate, for example, plummeted 61% to a low of 12.5% in 2022/23. Organised crime, murder and ...

Deputy minister of police Cassel Mathale says the South African Police Service (SAPS) plans to go on a massive hiring drive in 2022 as part of a move to bolster the country’s police force.

LONDON and PRETORIA -- An American missionary allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa last Thursday has been rescued in "a high-intensity shootout" between police ...

South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with about 20,000 murders recorded every year out of a population of about 60 million. Sign up here.

Nearly 600 foreigners were arrested in a police raid on a business district in Johannesburg, South Africa, police and government officials said Thursday. ... South African Police Service said.

South Africa’s elite police unit, dubbed the Hawks, is reportedly running point on the case. ... with the South African Police Service reporting a 264% increase from 2015 to 2024.

JOHANNESBURG — South African police have launched a manhunt for a Lesotho gang member believed to have controlled operations at an illegal gold mine where 78 bodies were recovered last week ...