South Africa Police

SA Police Seize Over 2000 Illegal Firearms in Festive Crackdown

S.A's National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, says two-thousand-198 illegal, and unlicensed firearms were seized and confiscated during festive season operations. The safer festive season operations commenced on the eleventh of October 2024 and ended on the 31st of January this year. The firearms seized include one-731 handguns, 154 homemade guns, 211 rifles, and 102 shotguns. Masemola says the majority of firearms seized were confiscated in Kwazulu-Natal, Gauteng, Eastern Cape […]

February 3, 2025 34

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South African Police Hunt Suspects in Fatal Shooting Outside Lenasia Court

South Africa's Police are searching for two suspects who fatally shot a 27-year-old man outside the Lenasia Magistrate's Court in Gauteng. The victim, a witness in a murder trial, was approached and shot without warning. One other person was wounded. Gauteng police spokesperson Mavela Masondo has appealed to anyone with information to contact their nearest police station to aid the investigation:

January 22, 2025 15

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S. A Police Welcome Court Order Protecting Illegal Miners at Stilfontein

S. A Police have welcomed an interim court order issued by the Gauteng High Court yesterday for the protection of illegal miners still underground at the disused Stilfontein mines near Klerksdorp in North West. The order provides the miners the opportunity to exit voluntarily and prohibits the blocking of the shafts. Police spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe says SAPS static deployment operations continue at all abandoned and disused mining shafts in […]

November 18, 2024 35