SAPS e-mails hacked

Hackers did not access any confidential information when the SAPS website was compromised during a concerted cyber attack.

• Cyber weapons grow in 2013
• Targeted cyber attacks jump, says report
• SA companies 'slow' on IT security

Sanef slams assault of photographer

The SA National Editors Forum have condemned the arrest and alleged assault by police in Oudtshoorn on Die Son newspaper photographer Hein Coetzee.

• Sanef horrified by attack on journalist
• Sanef condemns attack on journalist

PE police destroy over 2 000 guns

A total of 2 065 firearms have been destroyed in Port Elizabeth, police have said.

• 18 guns stolen from police station
• Claim that driver took cop's gun disputed
• Little backing for Oscar's dad

Woman claims cop shop rape

A woman has allegedly been raped at Wierdabrug police station when she went to report a case of domestic violence, the DA says.

• Police to do own probe into Daveyton death
• Police brutality footage horrific - Zuma
• Daveyton cops suspended, disarmed

Cop accused of stabbing

A 45-year-old police officer has been arrested after stabbing a man with a knife at a shebeen in Setlopo village outside Mahikeng.

• Boy, 15, stabs fellow pupil over lunch
• Taxi driver held for passenger's death
• Man stabbed to death in Eastern Cape

State of police scrutinised: Mthetwa

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the state of the police service is being examined so that it could "live up to expectations" and improve.

• Police performance under review
• Farm attacks: Mthethwa's 'silence' slammed
• Mthethwa to study ruling on police probe

Policeman kills girlfriend

A police officer has shot and killed his girlfriend in North West, the provincial police has said.

• 4 Afghan police killed with 'insider' help
• Man arrested for raping girl, 12
• Workers set boss, wife on fire

Equity plan changed by wrong person

The police's employment equity plan was unilaterally changed and by the wrong individual, the Johannesburg Labour Court has heard.

• Appeal court to rule on SAPS race row
• Union: Saps affirmative action invalid
• Treasury: Saps should slash staff

Cato Manor cops get property back

Items seized during searches of the homes of former members of the now-disbanded Durban Organised Crime unit will be returned.

• Another KZN hit squad investigated
• Cato Manor cops get suspension notices
• Cato Manor cops, Hawks KZN head suspended

Another KZN hit squad investigated

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating rumours that a second police hit squad may be operating in KwaZulu-Natal.

• Task team to probe KZN shooting
• KZN police search for kidnappers
• Shooting at Limpopo ANCYL chair's home

Man arrested for drugs in home

A man has been arrested for possession of 500 Mandrax tablets at his Mitchells Plain home.

• Pretoria raids net drugs worth R60m
• Two arrested for drugs in Cape Town
• 'Drug tea' removed from shelves

Cop jailed for making cases disappear

The Wolmaransstad Regional Court has sentenced a police constable to three years in jail for soliciting money from stock thieves to withdraw their cases.

• Third corruption accused in court
• Charges against ANC officials withdrawn
• Motaung gets R50 000 bail

Cops raid Mitchells Plain

A total of 478 people have been arrested in Mitchells Plain in a week-long crime prevention operation.

• Top cops plot against Mthethwa - report
• Workers, metro cops protest in Durban
• Hunt on for Pretoria metro cop killers

Union: Saps affirmative action invalid

Trade union Solidarity has filed papers at the Johannesburg Labour Court asking for the SA Police Service's affirmative action plan to be declared invalid.

• Equity act 'won't affect coloureds'
• 'Whites not truly welcome'
• Solidarity halts job cuts at Gijima

No conflict of interest for Phiyega: XON

Newly appointed national police commissioner General Riah Phiyega does not have a conflict of interests in relation to IT company XON, it has said.

• Phiyega names acting intelligence chief
• Phiyega halts crime intelligence interviews
• Mthethwa to introduce new top cop to SA

Man shoots cop, then himself in police raid

A police officer and two Community Policing Forum members were shot and injured with a automatic rifle while searching a house in Randfontein, Gauteng.

• Dead cop found by wife
• Shoot-out in Kruger National park
• Bold action needed to restore SAPS credibility

Dead cop found by wife

A dead police officer has been found at his house, lying at the back door with a head wound.

• Robbers shot dead at Durban mall
• Student cop who shot teen to go on trial
• Student constable in court for shooting teen

Police brutality condemned

The South African National Civic Organisation has expressed its anger about the assault of a hawker by four Johannesburg metro police officers.

• Violent metro cops still on duty
• Metro cops filmed beating hawker
• Constable who shot teen denied bail

Four men arrested for Christmas Eve murder

Four men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman in KwaZulu-Natal on Christmas Eve.

New police boss talks tough

Newly-appointed acting national police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has had tough words for criminals.

• Shabangu unmoved by Cele suspension - report
• 'No one will work like Cele'
• Cele: I didn't say shoot to kill

New law to curb trade in stolen goods

Dealers in second-hand goods will need to prove items are legitimate when new legislation comes into force.

• Copper worth R259m stolen in 2010
• Illegal forex dealers nabbed
• Kentridge artworks stolen

ATM robbers shoot cop in face

A police constable has been fatally shot and another officer wounded after they attended to an ATM bombing scene in Zonkizizwe, Gauteng police say.

• Cop killed by ATM bombers
• ATM bomb suspects arrested in Gauteng
• Cops hurt in shoot-out with ATM bombers

Bheki Cele's gym spin

The police wanted a gymnasium, spin studio and cafeteria – almost half the size of a soccer field – to justify their need for a massive new R500m head office.

• Cele is compromised - DA
• Public protector: Cele acted unlawfully
• I'm not guilty of corruption - Bheki Cele

Police mum on public protector's report

General Bheki Cele's office has declined to comment on reports that he is spoiling for a fight with Public Protector Thuli Madonsela.

• R500m police HQ gets go-ahead
• Police to explain R500m 'dodgy' deal
• Protector denies police missed deadline