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Hoedspruit SAPS and Farmwatch collaboration in the war against crime is an example to all – Action Society

Action Society praised a valiant effort by the Hoedspruit Farmwatch along with the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Hoedspruit and The Hawks’s Serious Organised Crime Investigation members for apprehending various suspects involved in a G4S armoured vehicle heist on 20 September 2023. The armed robbers attacked the escort vehicle,

23rd September 2023 No Comments

Press Release

Spate of attacks against vulnerable proves police is not curbing crime

A missing four-year-old girl was found murdered in the Western Cape’s Paarl this afternoon. The case against a man who raped a 17-year-old girl from Kimberley while he pretended to be a doctor was postponed to the end of October. This past week, a 36-year-old woman was burnt alive by

26th September 2022 No Comments

Action Society welcomes senior police arrests – Probe Khehla Sitole and Fikile Mbalula next

Action Society welcomes the arrest of the former police commissioner, Lt Gen Kgomotso Phalane and other high-ranking generals in the Crime Intelligence Division over an R54-million procurement scandal spanning years. “This procurement deal ended up costing the previous national commissioner, Lt Gen Khehla Sitole, his job. I believe his arrest

21st September 2022 No Comments

Cele should take responsibility for 83 murders in one week

“We put the 83 people murdered in one week in the Western Cape squarely in front of Minister of Police Bheki Cele’s door,” said Ian Cameron, director of community safety at Action Society. “It is atrocious and another proof of his failure to lead the Police Department in preventing crime.”

16th September 2022 No Comments

Press Release

More than 90% of South African drivers feel unsafe when pulled over by SAPS – Action Society

The South African Police Service is becoming a trojan horse for criminals looking to neutralise any form of trust that citizens might have left in the country’s criminal justice system,” said Ian Cameron, director of community safety at Action Society. Action Society’s latest police trust indicator survey has revealed

21st June 2022 No Comments

Press Release

Action Society applauds off-duty SAPS members arresting rape suspect

A rape suspect was arrested in Klerksdorp on Sunday after the incident was brought to the attention of a police member currently on leave. The police member contacted two other members who were on rest days at the time. The three teamed up and made the arrest. “Action Society

7th June 2022 No Comments

South Africa Police Service

Hoedspruit SAPS and Farmwatch collaboration in the war against crime is an example to all – Action Society

Spate of attacks against vulnerable proves police is not curbing crime

Action Society welcomes senior police arrests – Probe Khehla Sitole and Fikile Mbalula next

Cele should take responsibility for 83 murders in one week

More than 90% of South African drivers feel unsafe when pulled over by SAPS – Action Society

Action Society applauds off-duty SAPS members arresting rape suspect

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