While on patrol in Bordeaux South / Craighall Area, the CSS Tactical foot patrol unit found five bags of dagga hidden in a bucket along the riverside. SAPS were immediately contacted who provided assistance.

While on patrol in Emmarentia and Greenside area, CSS Tactical officers noticed a suspicious male loitering in the vicinity of an intersection known for smash and grabs.

CSS reports that their intelligence department has received information relating to people going from door to door posing as Eskom employees offering to swap out old light bulbs. Do NOT allow any persons posing as Eskom employees onto your property - rather purchase energy efficient light bulbs from your closest retail store.

A Police officer is fighting for his life in the Netcare Millpark hospital while his wife died in a shooting at their residence in the Cosmo City settlement in the Randburg area this evening at around 8pm. Exact details and what led to the shooting is speculative and will remain a subject for police comment.

In response to a rising number of reported incidents about bogus cops and police abusing their power Eblockwatch has launched the Police the Police campaign.

The latest hijack hotspots in Johannesburg as supplied by eblockwatch and SAPS are:

 Riviera Road offramp near Killarney Mall.
 Parkwood and Saxonwold (Rosebank precinct).
 Upper Houghton and Killarney (Hillbrow precinct).

Make sure your have the following numbers saved in the contact address book on your phone under easy-to-remember names:
• Save the following numbers under the name EMERGENCY:
- 10111 – this is a charged call, but it goes straight to the police and emergency call centre
- 10117 – for all ambulance and fire emergencies

A set of fingerprints led investigating officers to the perpetrator of a shocking crime in which a mother was stabbed to death while breast-feeding her four-month-old baby in Parkhurst.

A Parkwood businessman has been shot dead allegedly by "blue light" robbers, police say.

Parkview SAPS communications officer, Captain Cynthia Magoai, says the most recent cases of cable theft were reported in Emmarentia and Roosevelt Park.