# The DA says the latest crime statistics show some progress, but too many citizens still live in fear. Between January and March this year, over six-thousand murders, nearly eleven-thousand rapes, and more than 43-thousand serious assaults were reported. The DA’s Ian Cameron says these figures reveal a system in crisis. He calls for urgent […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, sê 22 polisielede is in die eerste drie maande van vanjaar vermoor, met tien sterftes wat in Gauteng aangeteken is. Ses van hulle is vermoor terwyl hulle aan diens was, en die ander was van diens. Mchunu het met die bekendmaking van die jongste misdaadstatistiek die regering se […]
# The minister of Police Senzo Mchunu says 22 police officers were killed in the first three months of this year, with ten deaths recorded in Gauteng. Six officers died while on duty, and 16 off duty. Delivering the latest crime statistics, Mchunu reaffirmed the government’s commitment to intensifying efforts to protect law enforcement and […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, sê nuwe forensiese laboratoriums sal in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga en die Vrystaat gebou word. Dit sal help om DNS-toetse te bespoedig en toksikologiese agterstande te verminder. Mchunu het aan die media gesê die nuwe geriewe sal die polisie se vermoë vergroot om bewyse vinniger te verwerk, die […]
# Die Gautengse Hooggeregshof wat in Benoni sit het twee apartheids-polisiebeamptes se Artikel 174-aansoeke van die hand gewys in die Caiphus Nyoka-moordverhoor. Die aktivis van die studente-organisasie Cosas is in 1987 nege keer geskiet. Leon van den Berg en Abraham Engelbrecht het aangevoer dat die staat geen saak teen hulle het nie, maar die hof […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says new forensic labs will be built in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Free State. This will help speed up DNA testing and reduce toxicology backlogs. Mchunu told the media these new facilities will boost the capacity of the South African Police Service to process evidence faster, improve the […]
# The Gauteng High Court sitting in Benoni has dismissed a Section 174 application by two apartheid-era police officers accused of the murder of Caiphus Nyoka. The Congress of South African Students activist was shot nine times in 1987. Leon van den Berg and Abraham Engelbrecht argued the state didn’t present a compelling case, but […]
# Die minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, sê moordsyfers het in agt van die nege provinsies afgeneem. Ses-duisend-467 mense is tussen Januarie en Maart dood – ‘n afname van 3,1-persent in vergelyking met dieselfde tydperk verlede jaar. Mchunu het tydens die vrystelling van die jongste misdaadstatistieke in Pretoria gesê die Noord-Kaap is die enigste provinsie […]
# Police minister Senzo Mchunu says murder rates have decreased in eight of the nine provinces, with six-thousand-467 people killed between January and March – a reduction of 3.1-percent compared to the same period last year. Speaking during the release of the latest crime statistics in Pretoria, Mchunu said the Northern Cape was the only […]
