South Africa Police
1 Apr 2022
A fraud syndicate which operated out of Johannesburg, South Africa, and swindled a US-based company out of around $500,000 was taken down in raids across the South African city on Thursday. The South African Police Services' Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), also known as Hawks, and FBI agents arrested seven people believed to be…
13 Feb 2022
South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades Sunday at a protest in Johannesburg against migrant workers that drew some 200 people, many of them unemployed.
2 Sep 2019
Nigeria Monday said it will take "definitive measures" as xenophobic attacks against Nigerian-owned businesses continue in South Africa. Describing the attacks as sickening, Nigeria's foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama said South African police protection for Nigerian businesses has been "ineffective". "We will take definitive measures," Onyeama said, describing the attacks as "sickening and depressing". The…
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