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

A member of the South African Police Service shot and killed his girlfriend and her brother before taking his own life in ...

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

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

SAPS and Lesotho police are jointly probing claims of illegal military-style camps on South African farms. Fannie Masemola ...

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 ...

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

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

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.