Crime intelligence-led operations have led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects for serious and violent crimes, including murder, extortion and kidnapping over the past 11 months.
Just 17 hours after Leon Denver Breda allegedly shot and killed a man in gang-ridden Westbury in Johannesburg, on September 24, he apparently gunned down an anti-gang unit police officer.
A 23-year-old man who allegedly ran over and killed WA police officer Anthony Woods in Perth is set to be charged with his murder, as the constable's family remember him as "a devoted husband and loving son, brother, and uncle".
WA Police say they are mourning the death of 28-year-old Constable Anthony Woods, who has died after being run over, while trying to make an arrest following a police pursuit.
Dressed in a black coat with a stern face, Brig Jackson Mkhaulesi cut an intimidating figure at the back of the Bloemfontein high court this week where he recorded his first victory against accused Dr Nandipha Magudumana. It would be his last.