South Africa’s homicide rate in 2022-23 was 45 per 100,000 people, compared with a rate of 6.3 in the United States and around 1 in most European countries. Advertisement ...

A video capturing police brutality in South Africa has sparked outrage, raising concerns about the conduct of the police security team assigned to protect Deputy President Paul Mashatile.

As it so happens, this is not the first time we've seen a GTI police car — and not even in South Africa. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department also uses Volkswagens as their patrol ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Friday said it was investigating the use of a marked State vehicle for personal use by an on-duty police officer. The statement issued by SAPS national ...

Alexandra police precinct has the highest population density at 237 000 people across seven square kilometres — here, 54 operational vehicles police 3 385 people per square kilometre.

The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Thursday retrieved the vehicle in which three police constables who had been reported missing were travelling in. The Volkswagen Polo was recovered from ...

The South African police unlawfully used excessive and disproportionate force to disperse student protesters at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) on March 10, 2021, killing a bystander.

There are more than 2.7 million registered private security officers in South Africa amid fewer than the nation's 150,000 police officers. Associated Press Jan 8, 2024 ...

In an indication that police are overwhelmed, local government authorities in the Gauteng province that includes Johannesburg, South Africa's largest city, have recently introduced their own crime ...