Policing

Philippi East massacre: Cops contradict each other on arrests

Suspects appear to have been taken in for questioning, but not arrested

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Brief | 20 January 2026

Massacre on the Cape Flats: police search for gunmen

Eight people shot dead in shebeen in Marikana informal settlement

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News | 17 January 2026

Philippi residents beat, stone and burn man to death for robbery

“People are fed up and disappointed with the police and the justice system, and are now forced to take the law into their own hands.”

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Brief | 12 January 2026

SAPS is drowning in unsolved dockets

There were 1.9-million unsolved cases by the end of the 2024 financial year

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News | 12 December 2025

Nkandla villagers demand a police station

Mfongosi Satellite Police Station has been abandoned

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News | 4 December 2025

SAPS won’t return to Telkom Towers despite millions spent

The complex was evacuated in February 2024 amid safety concerns

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News | 26 November 2025

Orange Farm’s crime fighting patrollers

Community members have lauded efforts by the crime patrollers to make their streets safer, with over 400 people already part of the initiative

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News | 24 November 2025

Outrage over police inaction after woman goes missing

Residents tracked down a suspect themselves

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Brief | 31 October 2025

School children march for better policing after taxi driver allegedly rapes girl

Tsomo, Eastern Cape, reportedly has only two police vans for the town and 57 villages

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Brief | 20 October 2025