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Lirandzu.themba @gmail .com 🇿🇦🍉

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[NEXT CHAPTER] Bowing out of @GovernmentZA comms🙏🏿 It’s been an ABSOLUTE honour & privilege to serve my country 🇿🇦 as Spokesperson for Ministry of Police. So thankful for all the support I enjoyed from colleagues at @SAPoliceService & all newsrooms~ keep up the good fight🫶🏿

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[PAR EXCELLENCE] Meet 🇿🇦 first female Special Task Force member. The 31 year-old Constable from the Western Cape, who cannot be named, is the first woman to complete the two year long STF Selection Training Programme in the history of the organisation.

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[DID YOU KNOW] Sgt Mabunda the detective behind the arrest of serial killer #RosemaryNdlovu was awarded the Detective of the Year award during the @SAPoliceService #NationalExcellence Awards. He worked tirelessly to link Ndlovu to murder of her lover & family. #RosemaryHitList

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[WATCH] These alleged illegal miners were seen firing at @SAPoliceService who are busy flushing out #ZamaZamas out of the @SIBSTILL mine in Randfontein and shutting down the illegal operations.

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[JUST IN] Pretoria police have pounced on a flat in Gezina and discovered counterfeit money production lab.

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[JUST IN] Today I bow out of the news industry & hang up my mic. Reporting for @eNCA from the Capital has been most rewarding. THANK YOU to the thousands of SAns for opening your homes & hearts & trusting me with your stories. Strength to all my colleagues holding the fort. 💛

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Excited about the task that lies ahead. 🙏🏿

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#PoliceMinistry Police Minister appoints award winning journalist Lirandzu Themba as the Ministry spokesperson. ME

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[JUST IN] Minister of Police General Bheki Cele confirms that he has requested a full report from the National Commissioner on the arrest of Adv Teffo today at the Pretoria high court, including the manner in which the arrest was conducted by @SAPoliceService

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[JUST IN] The Police Ministry can confirm that former President of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma was placed in @SAPoliceService custody as in compliance with the @ConCourtSA judgement.

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[UNDERWAY] Illicit mining in the West Rand, which is the epicentre of illegal mining operations is underway. #zamazamas and their Dundee are being targeted. So far 42 arrests have been made. @SAPoliceService

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[JUST IN] @SAPoliceService in Alexandra have arrested seven people in connection with the multiple #AlexandraShootings the suspects were found with firearms, cellphones and ammunition.

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These recruits at this parade are training at #SAPS Tshwane ,Atteridgeville and Benoni SAPS Academies. It is the first time the @SAPoliceService has recruited over 5000 trainees in a single cycle. #SAPSProject10K

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[SCENE OF CRIME] Minister Cele and the @SAPoliceService management are now receiving a report from the investigating team at the crime scene where the body of Hillary Gardee was found at the Ehlanzeni district in the Sabie area just outside Nelspruit.

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A male nurse at the #MamelodiHospital holds no punches when quizzed by the #SAHRC about staff moral and working conditions.

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[CRACK DOWN] 700 tons of gold-bearing material surpassing R2.5 million was found in five of the illegal plants uncovered during todays #ZamaZamas raid and several cell phones were seized for further investigation.

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[3 DAYS TO GO] The countdown has begun for these #Project10k @SAPoliceService trainees who will be graduating as Constables of the #SAPS in the 13th of December, following training in Basic Police Development Programme. #MoreBootsonTheGround

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[WATCH] This multi-disciplinary team of @SAPoliceService Tactical Response Teams (TRT), Hawks, SAPS Crime Intelligence , K-9 unit @GTP_Traffstats @SIBSTILL mining security and private security are preparing to take down illegal mining syndicate of #ZamaZama in in Randfontein.

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Police Minister Bheki Cele explains why the #BlackDoor nightclub in Sandton was raided by @SAPoliceService in the early hours of Sunday morning. The owner of the club will be charged with contravention of the Disaster Management Act.

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[DID YOU KNOW] @SAPoliceService Warrant Officer Nervarge Lutchminarain is the first detective in SA to convict a female rapist. His investigations led to the sentencing of a 28 year-old woman who was raping her 14 yo nephew. The woman was sentenced to life in prision. #16Days

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[NOW] #IdolsSA winner @Thapelo_molom Minister Cele following his win tonight at the #IdolsSA competition. He says the win has been a long time coming and despite the price money, he will be returning to serve in the @SAPoliceService responsible for mental wellness of officers.

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[ACTION] Responding to demands of communities, TRT units or ‘Amaberete’ will now be deployed in policing high-crime areas in 🇿🇦 and provide rapid response to local crime fighting capabilities. #PoliceBudgetVote

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Another learner asks Ramaphosa why MEC #PanyazaLesufi was removed as MEC for Education in Gauteng. The learners want to know why Lesufi wasn’t made Minister if Basic Education. #TakeAGirlChildToWork

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[RAPE] Minister Cele tells @Newzroom405 that one of the models attacked during the #KrugersdorpRape was raped by TEN men; she is 19 years old.

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[LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED] disruptive @SAPoliceService operations in West Rand continue. Over 40 people have been arrested so far

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[MONITORING] In the AIR and ON the STREETS, the @SAPoliceService remain on standby and operationally ready using advanced technology and airborne support to monitor 🇿🇦 during the #NationalShutdown #MoreBootsOnTheGround

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[UPDATE] 46 suspects were were arrested and one fatally wounded during today’s @SAPoliceService illicit mining take down take down The suspects include foreign nationals from neighbouring countries and their status in the country is now a subject of an investigation. #ZamZamas

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[DID YOU KNOW] Out of 906 applications to join the elite Special Task Force unit, 589 applicants qualified for provisional selection. Ultimately, only 93 applicants reported for selection of which only 11 successfully completed the STF Basic Training programme.

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[CAUGHT] These are some of the scores of suspected illegal miners or so called #ZamaZamas caught red-handed by Gauteng @SAPoliceService processing gold in and around the @SIBSTILL mines in Rietfontein West Rand.

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[SAPS WOMEN] Meet Lt Colonel Meliza Pretorius. She boasts 31 years' service in the @SAPoliceService as a Facial Identification analyst. Through interviewing skills she compiles faces to identify suspects in a crime, unidentified deceased persons and missing persons. #SAPSWomen

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Pontsho Serumula was in 2014 was burnt by her husband of 12 years and he is still free. #TotalShutDown

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@Kulani_Mgiba @SiviweSibulawa @ThembaReloaded Hi Siviwe, So sorry to hear about your ordeal please let’s chat via DM to get you urgent help

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[WATCH] A look inside the Bryanston home of were Israeli fugitive & seven others were arrested by @SAPoliceService specialised units and @INTERPOL_HQ 🇿🇦 teams. 12 firearms, 5 assault rifles and 7 pistols and US dollars,3 suspected stolen motorcycles were seized.

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[JUST IN] In Alexandra, a @SAPoliceService officer was shot and rushed to hospital, two other police officers sustained minor injuries when they responded to information of a group of people who targeted and looted businesses in the township. 18 people have been arrested.

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[SAPS WOMEN] As a Crime Scene Expert, Lt Col Lindiwe Khuzwayo is one of 387 female crime scene examiners in the @SAPoliceService She has 16 years experience & holds a Master’s degree in Science (MSC) as well as a MBA in Business Administration. #SAPSWomen

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[AKA MURDER] “There is a progress on the case and I’m told by @SAPoliceService it seems to be significant.” - Minister Cele #CeleOn405

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Minister Cele and the @SAPoliceService family are today wishing #IdolsSA finalist Thapelo Molomo #TeamThapelo well in his quest to take the title. Thapelo serves as an inspiration to police across 🇿🇦 in believing in their talents whilst serving and protecting the nation.

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[JUST IN] A multi-disciplinary team led by @INTERPOL_HQ 🇿🇦 @SAPoliceService Organised Crime, Detectives, CI and the Special Task Force have arrested an Israeli most wanted gang leader, along with seven others at a house in the leafy neighbourhood of Bryanston in Johannesburg.

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[TAKE DOWN] Minister Cele says the @SAPoliceService through the Hawks are investigating and getting to those running the illicit mining in the West Rand and not just the #ZamaZamas who are often young desperate individuals illegally in the country .

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[MUST WATCH] Police Minister General Bheki Cele is at this hour destroying alchohol that has been confiscated by @SAPoliceService from illegal establishments and police search and seizure ops conducted across the Cape Town metropole from 15th of October 2021 to 16th of December.

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[UPDATE] The @SAPoliceService has noted this disturbing video and the matter is receiving urgent attention by the Gauteng Provincial Commissioners office.

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[LATEST] KZN @SAPoliceService spokesperson Brig Jay Naicker tells @SABCNews that 27 people have been arrested for their role in the #ShutdownKZN and have been charged with public violence , theft and damage to essential infrastructure. He says more arrests are eminent.

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[FACTS]Minister Cele says the events in #Phoenix claimed the lives of 36 people. 30 of those who were killed, were shot.Two were burnt to death. One was stabbed and another was run over by a motor vehicle. Two others died from assault wounds.

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[ARRESTED & CHARGED] @SAPoliceService in Gauteng have arrested the man seeing on this video assaulting a police officer.

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Police officer assaulted in Springs on the East Rand after he asked the man why he was drinking in public.

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[JUST IN] Another suspect has been arrested for the riotous acts that took place in #Senekal last week. A 33 yo male is charged with attempted murder, public violence,arson ,malicious injury to property. He is due to appear in court on Monday 19 October 2020.

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[WATCH #Pimville pensioner Maria Kekana tells Minister Cele of the horror, when an explosive went off this morning damaging to several houses on the same street. @SAPoliceService are probing a case of public violence and malicious damage to property.

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[ZAMA ZAMA] The war on #illegalmining continues this time, the NW #Hawks raided a mine shaft in Stilfontein. @SAPoliceService arrested 20 suspects & seized 15 AK47s, scores of hunting rifles shotguns and boxes full of ammunition, explosives and an undisclosed amount of money.

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[JUST IN] Police Minister sets the record straight on this video and Twitter post, while on his Durban beachfront walkabout, he tells @DasenThathiah on @eNCA that he plans to take necessary action if @khawula_musa doesn’t retract and apologise.

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[MUST WATCH] on the ground - these are the men and women who have been deployed in and around the Gauteng area ahead of #BRICSSummit2023

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[PICTURES] These are the men and women deployed in and around Cape Town ahead of the #SONA2023

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[WATCH] Highly trained officers will be guarding #ThaboBester 24 hours as he is now kept at the Kgosi Mampuru correctional facility in Pretoria. #DrNandiphaMagudumana will make her first court appearance at the Bloemfontein Magistrates court.

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[LATEST] @SAPoliceService in Free State are investigating case of assault.

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Minister Cele now talking to a motorist who is transporting alcohol in the boot of his car. He explains that the alcohol was bought on Wednesday and has been stored in his car ever since.

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[SAPS WOMEN] 34 year old Sgt Zoliswa Kabini is one of 10 female Air force Law Enforcement Officers in @SAPoliceService the KZN born Sgt boasts a BA degree in Policing & works in the JHB Airwing Unit tracking down CIT heists, armed robberies, hijacking suspects from the air.

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Scenes inside the #Blackdoor lounge in Sandton, It is one of several establishments shutdown by @SAPoliceService in the early hours of this morning for operating after 12h00am and during #Level 1 Lockdown. This club was also packed beyond capacity and many had no masks.

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[REMINDER] @SAPoliceService warning against the circulation of inflammatory messages, inciting violence & lawlessness, saying criminal charges being instituted against such persons cannot be ruled out, especially if such actions lead to injury or death

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[HAPPENING NOW] Minister of Police Gen. Bheki Cele, National Commissioner Gen. Masemola touch down in Nelspruit, following the murder of 28 year old Hillary Gardee who went missing at the end of April. @SAPoliceService are investigating a case of murder.

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[MATTER OF FACT] Members of the media, please note the Minister of Police is NOT in #Nkandla today. Cc @SABCNews

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[MUST WATCH] residents at the #WestVillageImbizo are not holding back as they engage @SAPoliceService interrogating issues of #IlegalMining #ZamaZamas in the #WestRand #Krugersdorp

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[WRONG TURN] This suspected drunk driver has been nabbed by @SAPoliceService in Gqeberha as he and a passenger tried to pass through a #SAPS roadblock on the M17 on their way home, from a 60th birthday party. He claims to be drinking medicine.

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[JUST IN] The @SAPoliceService this hour announces a breakthrough in the murder of South African musician #AKA and friend Tebello. Police investigations have led to the have arrest of SIX people including the shooters, spotters, and the coordinator of the hit.

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It it worrying that I continue to receive abusive and insulting and racist phone calls from anon people and some identify themselves as farmers from #Senekal . These calls are being taken seriously and are being looked into by @SAPoliceService authorities for further handling.

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[GUNS] Western Cape @SAPoliceService have arrested a 62 year old he naturalised 🇿🇦 of German descent was charged for possession of unlicensed firearms, ammunition. The origins of the weapons & ammunition are part of police investigations & more arrests have not been ruled out.

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[ICYMI] @SAPoliceService will embark on the largest recruitment drive to capacitate the SAPS. All patriotic and passionate youths interested in servicing and protecting 🇿🇦 are invited to apply. These recruits will graduate in December & join the police service. #SONADebate2022

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[MUST WATCH] While @SAPoliceService act on tip offs from community members on the whereabouts of stolen property in some areas in and around the Durban CBD, some residents here are heeding @GovernmentZA call to voluntarily surrender the stolen goods. #ProtectSA #RebuildSA

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[ZAMA ZAMA] A multi-disciplinary take-down is underway in the West Rand, so far @SAPoliceService have made arrests of #ZamaZamas operating in the area as well as searching for those running the illicit operations. Police Minister General Bheki Cele is on the scene.

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All the suspects are South African nationals residing in #Alexandra aged between 23 and 33 years

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[ICYMI] Mpumalanga @SAPoliceService have made a breakthrough in their investigations into the murder of #HillaryGardee . One male suspect was arrested on Friday in Schoemansdal in Nkomazi. SAPS says they look forward to making more arrests as their investigations continue

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[JUST IN] 25 emigration officers from @HomeAffairsSA will be deployed to #Diepsloot for the next three months to deal with undocumented foreigners. This has been announced by DHA Minister following #DiepslootIntervention with community.

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Ramaphosa: "Too often when children are abused we call a meeting instead of calling the police...this needs to change." #NotInMyName

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[WATCH] These are some of the terrible living conditions some illegal miners or so called #ZamaZama are living in, this is a hide out near @SIBSTILL mine in the West Rand; Gauteng.

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‘Bowing out of government comms’: Lirandzu Themba Ministry of Police spokesperson bids farewell

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‘Bowing out of government comms’: Lirandzu Themba Ministry of Police spokesperson bids farewell

Lirandzu Themba steps down as Ministry of Police spokesperson, twitter reacts.

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[UPDATE] The victim of this incident is @SAPoliceService member, Sgt David Tsedu, he was driving along Katherine street in Sandown when he was gunned down by a group of suspects and made off with his service pistol &other items. An investigation into the shooting is underway.

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Shooting: Catherine and 5th Sandton. Motive unknown.

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[ARRESTS] KZN @SAPoliceService have acted swiftly in following up on leads and have this morning pounced on suspects allegedly involved in the PMB mass family shoot. Ten family members were shot and killed in the early hours of Friday morning.

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Tempers are rising here. #WinnieDoccie producer Pascal Lamche confronted by Mpho Mosimane who was facilitating the #Mufamadi press brief.

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1 year

“Every citizen has a right to protest, this right must be exercised in a manner that does not infringe on the rights of non-protesters. Prohibiting people's freedom of movement is a criminal offence. We will therefore enforce the law decisively .” - #NATJOINTS #NationalShutdown

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7 years

[IN A NUTSHELL] #KrugersdorpShutdown #Kagiso #MogaleCityShutdown

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5 years

This #Hammanskraal resident makes it clear what’s at the heart of their protest. #Tshwanetotalshutdown

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3 months

[MUST WATCH] Minister of Police General Bheki Cele puts it on record that he is STILL the Minister of @SAPoliceService Cele explains to those referring to him as a former Minister that he still has his job up until the #PresidentialInauguration

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3 years

[HAPPENING NOW] @SAPoliceService continue to act on the influx of calls and tip-offs from community members reporting suspected stolen property in KZN. Police are currently retrieving goods in Mance; down town Durban. #RebuildSA #ProtectSA

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2 years

[AT THIS HOUR] The Minister of Police and National Commissioner of the @SAPoliceService arrive at the Gardee home in Nelspruit, they have just returned from the crime scene where the body of Hillary Gradee was found. SAPS in the province are investigating a case of murder.

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3 months

THANK YOU 🇿🇦 Outgoing Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele thanks the people of South Africa for entrusting him with heading the #PoliceMinistry

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2 years

This Special Task force member boasts 11 years service in the @SAPoliceService and is the only female police officer to have successfully completed the training programme without any amendments to the training to suit females.

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1 year

[IMPOUNDED] These are some of the tyres found by @SAPoliceService in the Western Cape, the province alone had 6 000 tyres impounded, 11 000 were taken off the streets in the Eastern Cape. Tyres are used to blockade roads and cause descriptions during protests . #Nationalshutdown

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1 year

[JUST IN] Gauteng @SAPoliceService have made a breakthrough and have arrested 7 suspects in connection with the murder of retired journalist, #JeremyGordin the suspects aged between 33 and 42 are foreign nationals who were nabbed in Auckland Park Jhb.

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3 years

[JUST IN] @SAPoliceService and other law enforcement agencies have arrested 219 people Gauteng - 96 KZN - 123 #ShutDownGauteng #ShutdownKZN

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2 years

[READY TO SERVE] Meet the @SAPoliceService 11 newly trained Special Task Force ( STF) members! The eleven include a 31-year-old female officer, they have all undergone and successfully completed a 2 year Special Task Force (STF) Selection Training Programme.

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4 years

[JUST IN] @SAPoliceService in the Free State province have arrested a 52 year old farmer for his alleged role in the storming of a court building and torching of a police van in #Senekal .

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1 year

[JUST IN] @SAPoliceService have arrested 57 people for charges related to public violence and intimidation. #NationalShutdown

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6 years

A clear message from Solly Msimanga ahead of #SollyVote

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2 years

[WATCH] Pimville resident Thabang Moloi describes the morning he and other community members descended on Chicken Farm to plead with residents there not to steal cables. He says they were confronted with gun shots before they could talk about the purpose of their visit.

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3 months

[MUST WATCH] Asked about his future when his term ends as the Minister of a @SAPoliceService Minister of Police Bheki Cele says he is happy to leave @SAPoliceService in a better condition and urges the next administration to further reconstruct the #SAPS for the sake of 🇿🇦

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3 years

[FINAL SALUTE] @SAPoliceService members of the Gauteng Highway Patrol stage a gaurd of honour as the mortal remains of Constable Molefi are ferried into the Vanderbijlpark Cemetery. The member who was killed on duty in Brakpan, leaves behind four daughters.

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6 years

#WinnieMandelaMemorial programme with a 4 page obituary.

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3 years

[GAUTENG] @SAPoliceService in Johannesbutg have arrested 25 people for sporadic incidents of looting of businesses and barricading of roads in Jeppe and Alexandra last night. #ShutdownKZN

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6 years

[BREAKING] Former acting police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has been arrested and will appear at the JHB Commercial crimes court this morning. He is facing fraud and corruption charges relating to a 86 million rand tender.

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2 years

This Pimville resident says the people living in the ‘shacks’ informal settlement mushrooming around Pimville in the Kliptown policing area, are terrorising the community. #PimvilleSAPSImbizo

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