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The Johannesburg Central Police Station is a South African Police Service police station in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. From its unveiling in 1968 until September 1997, it was called John Vorster Square, after Prime Minister B.J. Vorster.
The Durban Borough Police created in 1854, later to become the Durban City Police, and now the Durban Metro Police, to police the city of Durban: the force was headed by a Chief Constable and was modelled on British police forces. [1] "Municipal police forces" were also established in some cities in the 1980s, during the apartheid era.
The fire department and ambulances, the metropolitan police and traffic control, museums, art galleries, libraries and heritage sites are all controlled by separate departments. Some of the key city service functions are supplied by separate, self-contained entities, each run on business lines with its own CEO.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Eight police officers assigned to a security team for South Africa’s deputy president appeared in court Monday facing assault and other charges after they were caught on ...
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1,154 police stations [ 2 ] in South Africa are divided according to the provincial borders , and a Provincial Commissioner is appointed in each province.
The Department of Police (formerly known as the Department of Safety and Security) is one of the departments of the South African government. It oversees the South African Police Service and the Independent Complaints Directorate. The current Minister of Police is Senzo Mchunu who replaced Bheki Cele in June 2024.
Cape Mounted Police (1882-1913) — A para-military force established in 1882 as the 'Cape Police'. [10] It was renamed 'Cape Mounted Police' in 1904, and transferred to the Union Defence Forces in 1913. Detective Department (1882-1913) — Established to suppress diamond-smuggling on the Griqualand West diamond fields.
Vehicles of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) are identical in design, but JMPDs are orange and EMPDs are yellow. The JMPD and EMPD sometimes carry out joint operations. Transport routes between Johannesburg, East and West Rand share the same metropolitan route numbering system.