Since around 2000 the South African Police Service has been used to manage internal political dynamics in the ANC.

Trust in the South African Police Service is at an all-time low, with just 22% of citizens expressing confidence in their ...

The national commissioner of the South African Police Service (Saps), General Fannie Masemola, and Lesotho police chief advocate Borotho Matsoso have confirmed a collaborative investigation into ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu and announced an investigation into ...

MPs have slammed SAPS for failing to occupy the Telkom Tower that was evacuated in 2024 due to safety issues – with pricy ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu and announced an investigation into ...

Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended South Africa’s police minister and appointed a commission to investigate a series of explosive ...

Ivor Chipkin writes that the focus on civilian control of the police service has been replaced with efforts to establish ...

Shortly after the SAPS crime intelligence head and six of his senior officers were arrested for fraud and corruption, the ...

Data from the Human Sciences Research Council shows that trust in South Africa’s policing has halved since 1998.

A South African security official has accused top police leaders of colluding with crime syndicates. General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, head of police in KwaZulu-Natal, claimed on Sunday that the ...

The South African Police Service receives over 927,000 applications for the Basic Police Development Learning Programme, with only 5,500 spots available. Just 0.6% of hopefuls will be accepted as ...