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5 SUSPECTED BUSINESS ROBBERS NABBED IN KOMANI

Five suspects were arrested in an intelligence driven operation that was conducted by members of SAPS from Amathole and Chris Hani Districts with the assistance from specialised units that include K9, Flying Squad and a private security…

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Philani Clinic burgled, thieves make off with computers

The health department in the province indicated that interim measures have been put into place following a burglary at Philani Clinic, Mlungisi this week. “The preliminary report indicates that the criminals broke a window to gain access…

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Woman found dead in Nomzamo, police search for murder suspect

Police have appealed to the public to assist with information that could lead to the arrest of a murder suspect(s) after a 44-year-old woman was found dead in Nomzamo, Mlungisi on Monday. Police spokesperson captain Namhla Mdleleni said…

GALLERY: Mlungisi police, CPF celebrate Mandela Month with 98-year-old woman

GIVING BACK: Members of the Mlungisi Saps’ social crime prevention unit together with the community policing forum (CPF) and its youth structure closed off Mandela Month by celebrating with 98-year-old Nomaneji Beauty Matitise from…

MISSING: Help find Amfumene Kanuka Picture: SUPPLIED

Desperate search for missing Newvale resident

The family of Amfumene Kanuka who resides in Newvale have sent desperate pleas to the public after the 27-year-old went missing on December 1. His sister Sinesipho Kanuka, who stays in Gqebera, said on the day of his disappearance, he had…

HARD AT WORK: Saps Mlungisi social crime prevention, in partnership with the youth desk, sector crime forum, Mlungisi community policing forum and the station’s Women’s Network assisted a disadvantaged family in Enkululekweni last week Picture: SUPPLIED

SAPS partner to assist family

An impoverished family at Enkululekweni in Mlungisi was recently identified for a donation of food parcels and a home make-over. The program was initiated by members of the South African Police Services social crime prevention unit in…

The exchange took place and the warrant officer was given R5,000 cash and the whistle blower was given the police docket.Image: kritchanut/123RF

Former SAPS officer who stole docket‚ pawned laptop is jailed for 50 years

Five thousand rand. That’s the sum a warrant officer‚ subsequently dismissed from the force‚ demanded from a suspect charged with reckless and negligent driving in exchange for their police case docket to be stolen. Frederick George de…

Eastern Cape police rescued an 81-year-old woman from a mob that had accused her of witchcraft.Image: 123RF/Duncan Noakes

Elderly Eastern Cape woman stripped naked and beaten after being labelled a witch

Police have described how an 81-year-old woman was stripped naked, tied with rope and assaulted in an open field in Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape last week after being accused of witchcraft. Police spokesperson Brig Tembinkosi Kinana…

CRIME STOP: Members of the South African Police Services and the Mlungisi community policing forum with the newly-elected Mlungisi junior commissioners Picture: ZINTLE BOBELO

Junior commissioners helping make schools safer

School junior commissioners in Mlungisi who are prepared to stay on the right side of the law were recently elected to ensure a safe and conducive learning environment in schools. Police spokesperson captain Namhla Mdleleni said the…

Stats show alarming spike in murders

“The rate at which people kill each other is a serious cause of concern, ” said police provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga as the 2020/2021 fourth quarter crime statistics for January to March 2021 were presented…

Police in Coligny are investigating four counts of murder and inquest docket after a 38-year-old mother and her four sons, aged between 2 months and 15 years were found dead in a house in Vaalbank.Image: Supplied:SAPS

Mom ‘poisons herself and four of her six sons’ after row with husband

Police in Coligny are investigating four counts of murder and an inquest docket after a 38-year-old mother allegedly poisoned herself and four of her six sons. Two sons and her husband survived. The 38-year-old and the boys‚ aged between…

Members of SAPS parade during Police Minister Bheki Cele’s visit in Durban to enforce the lockdown. Photo: SANDILE NDLOVU

Police brutality: Nearly 60,000 cases opened against cops in 10 years

There were 58,797 cases opened against South African police between 2010 and 2020. More than 3,600 of these were deaths as a result of alleged police action between 2011 and 2020 and 2,155 were of those who died in police custody in the…

Restrictions in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus have put a hold on the training of police recruits. File photo.Image: Sandile Ndlovu

Police put brakes on training new recruits as it warns of job hoaxes

About 7‚000 police recruits will have to wait a little longer to start their training. This comes after the SA Police Service (SAPS) announced it has put on hold the recruitment and training of police trainees due to the Covid-19…

Ilinge residents apprehend suspect, march to police station

Ilinge residents marched to the local police station earlier today to demand services from SAPS members stationed in the area. The group of more than 100, including mothers in their 60s and 70s, first held a community meeting in a street…

Call to obey curfew and related lockdown regulations

Police in the Chris Hani district are appealing to residents to obey the nationwide curfew and stay at home between 10pm and 4am. The curfew was one of the restrictions that remained in force when the country recently moved down to alert…