On the 14th day of the Joshlin Smith trial, Laurentia Lombaard shocked the court by confessing to lying to a police officer during her arrest, raising questions about her credibility as she faces ...

Kwazulu Natal police said four suspects who were wanted for murder, robbery and extortion, were killed in a shootout with officers in Durban north. Police spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Magwaza ...

Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, covered criminal activities, police investigations, police shootouts and court cases at Daily Sun for over ...

CAPE TOWN - KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested a man dubbed the "serial hijacker" in Emanguzini. Police also seized a stolen truck and two trailers. The 41-year-old Mozambican national is ...

Strike action by Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department officers has shut down one of South Africa’s key highways. Due to the industrial action, the Road Traffic Management Corporation issued ...

Discovery Bank has warned South Africans of a fraud tactic involving fake police officials pressuring banking customers to transfer funds. The bank issued the fraud alert on Friday, 14 March 2025 ...

Police Members of the Provincial Counterfeit Contraband and Illicit Goods Unit conducted a multi-disciplinary operation in Umhlali this week, which took them to a farm along the secluded R104.

Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu says he was not the one who laid a complaint against KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) top cop. Mkhwanazi is being forced to respond following an anonymous complaint lodged ...

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) said it had launched an investigation on KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for allegedly interfering ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) budget has received an increase that has kept pace with inflation, getting an additional R7 billion for the 2025/26 financial year to bring it to R120.8 billion ...

Briefly News journalist Byron Pillay has spent a decade reporting on the South African political landscape, crime and social issues GAUTENG - The South African Police Service (SAPS) is committed to ...

Mbongeni Phewa, a member of the CPF, says the community is fed up with what they see as the lack of support from the local police. "Each and every weekend, somebody has to die. We have to bury them.