| Credit card fraud drops 30/11/2010 |
Financial losses from credit card fraud dropped by 36% this year compared to last year, said the SA Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric). ’Even more noteworthy is that the industry experienced this decrease, despite the high volumes of financial activity in our sector during the country’s hosting of the Fifa 2010 World Cup,’ Sabric CEO Kalyani Pillay said in a statement.
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| Mthethwa reveals police bill for WC security 25/11/2010 |
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has given parliament a breakdown of the stipends paid to permanent and reservist police to secure the 2010 World Cup. The Times reports that the SAPS paid out R665-million in overtime to serving police and to reservists who helped to secure the Fifa World Cup across the country. Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said in written responses to parliamentary questions that police were paid R642 275 325 in overtime and expenses. Reservists called in to help were paid R22 799 696.
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Full report in The Times
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| Safety plans under the spotlight 15/10/2010 |
National Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa launched a much-touted rural safety plan saying he would like to see the success of the 2010 World Cup security plans reach the rural communities, notes a report on the IoL site. ’We want to see a 2010 policing model deployed in the rural community,’ he said at a farm on the outskirts of Heidelberg. Mthethwa said police were taking crime in rural areas seriously and were doing their best to ’eliminate rotten apples’ from the ranks of the police.
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| Soldiers fuming over WC cash 08/10/2010 |
Dissatisfaction is brewing among the approximately 9 700 soldiers who have found out that their allowances for the 2010 World Cup will not be paid into their bank accounts next week, notes a report on the News24 site. This is despite the repeated written and verbal promises by highest authority in this regard. Apparently the failure to make the payments is due to a lack of money to finance the defence force’s entire expense account for the tournament of approximately R365m.
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Full report on the News24 site
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| WC cops paid R28m 15/09/2010 |
Free State police officers have been paid R28million for working overtime during the World Cup. The Sowetan notes that Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said in a reply to a Parliamentary question that all overtime claims had been paid to the Free State police. About 44000 police across the country were asked to step in and provide security at stadiums hosting World Cup matches after guards from Stallion Security Services went on strike.
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Full Sowetan report
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| Increase in crime after WC 13/09/2010 |
In the week following the 2010 World Cup, violent crime increased sharply, with a farm attack, home robbery and two murders on July 11, a murder on the 13th and two murders and three home robberies on July 15. This came to light following a Beeld investigation into serious violent crimes (home robberies, murders, farm attacks and armed robberies in which someone is seriously injured, raped or shot), about which the paper reported during and after the World Cup.
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| Will WC cops get paid? 06/09/2010 |
The LOC is refusing to be drawn on when and if it will pay the Police Ministry R90-million for the hundreds of its members deployed when private security guards went on strike during the 2010 World Cup, notes a report in The Star. Answering questions in Parliament this week, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said 1 284 extra police officers would have to be paid for 31 days of additional work. About 30 000 of the 44 000 police deployed during the World Cup had been paid just over R300m extra for overtime, subsistence and meals, among other things.
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Full report in The Star
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| Minister wants R90m for cops โ 02/09/2010 |
Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says he is claiming nearly R90-million from the LOC to cover payments for the hundreds of police who stepped in when private security guards went on strike at the 2010 World Cup. The Star reports that Mthethwa also made it clear the crisis could have been averted if the LOC had signed up security companies early enough to conclude proper contracts, especially after similar problems surfaced during the Confederations Cup last year.
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Full report in The Star
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| R300m paid for Cup police shifts โ 02/09/2010 |
The police have so far paid R300m to about 30 000 police officers for duties performed during the 2010 World Cup, notes a report on the News24 site. ’The police started running payments to our members in batches approximately two weeks ago and anticipate that the last run will be finalised by the end of next week,’ national police spokesperson Sally de Beer said. ’So far, payments are just over R300m for 30 000 officers.’ Police said in a statement that more than 44 000 members were deployed to work during the major sports event that started on June 11 and ended on July 11.
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| SANDF unhappy with WC pay 19/08/2010 |
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members are ’extremely disenchanted’ with the ’discriminatory’ pay package offered to them for the 2010 World Cup and are planning a meeting in the coming days to decide on an appropriate response, notes a report on the News24 site. In a letter addressed to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, the union said soldiers would earn about R3 500 less in daily allowances during the tournament, compared to their counterparts in the police. ’It needs no argument that the SANDF members are extremely disenchanted with the current state of affairs,’ the letter read.
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| WC equipment to come in handy 04/08/2010 |
The World Cup security legacy in the fight against crime is benefiting the country, said Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa. Beyond just the resources, the re-skilling of police, expertise and international best practices acquired would also form the foundation of this policing approach, notea a report on the IoL site. In the build-up to the tournament, the ministry publicly shared its comprehensive security plan, which included South Africa’s approach to addressing any potential terror threats, hooliganism and crime.
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Full report on the IoL site
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| Spike in car hijackings - 02/08/2010 |
News of up to 11 hijackings in the Durban area was circulated on the SAPS radio in the space of just two hours on one day in the week after the 2010 World Cup, according to a police source. The Mercury reports that after a relatively quiet four-week period, tracking companies, police sources and hijacking trend experts agreed that the often-violent crime was again in the ascendancy in the province. The Toyota RunX, Hilux and Corolla, as well as Opel Corsa bakkies, VW Polo and Golf, and Isuzu bakkie were still the most popular targets.
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Full report in The Mercury
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| 1000 crimes committed at 2010 venues - 15/07/2010 |
Just under 1000 crimes were reported in and around the countrys stadiums on match days during the World Cup, said Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa. The majority of these were thefts and muggings. A total of 704 incidents took place outside the stadiums while 290 occurred inside the stadium. Some 1788 crimes were reported in and around fan parks which saw about 1.2 million fans in attendance during match days.
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Full report on the IoL site
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| Police to maintain security Cele 14/07/2010 |
The police will keep up security in the country after the 2010 World Cup, said National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele. Sport24 reports that while policing could not be sustained at the level it had been during the tournament, the police would maintain efforts to keep the country safe, he said at Primedia’s Star of the Star award, which Cele and his deputy Fikile Mbalula accepted on behalf of the whole police force.
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Full Sport24 report
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| FIFA to tighten security for final matches - 08/07/2010 |
FIFA says it will tighten security for the 2010 World Cup final and third-place playoff after the incursion onto the field by an Italian fan carrying a vuvuzela. The semifinal between Germany and Spain in Durban was interrupted briefly in the fourth minute when the fan ran onto the pitch to protest about the exclusion of a player from Italy’s squad.
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Full report in The Times
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| WC replica trophy filled with cocaine -03/07/2010 |
Fans worldwide have fashioned replicas of the World Cup trophy out of everything from papier-mache to plastic, notes a report on the IoL site. But a lawbreaker in Colombia gets top prize for most original material: cocaine. Airports anti-drug chief Col. Jose Piedrahita says that Colombian authorities found the unusual statue during a routine security check by anti-drug agents in a mail warehouse at Bogota’s international airport.
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Full report on the IOL site
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| Police confirm FIFA HQ robbery โ 29/06/2010 |
A robbery at the FIFA headquarters in Johannesburg was confirmed by national police commissioner General Bheki Cele on Tuesday, notes a Sport24 report. ’Yes we know there was burglary there. We are looking into it,’ said Cele. He said seven trophy replicas and two jerseys had been taken during the incident which led police to believe that the crime was perpetrated by people familiar with the offices. It was not immediately clear when the incident took place. Meanwhile Cele said since the start of the World Cup 316 people had been arrested, 207 of them South Africans, for tournament related crime.
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Full Sport24 report
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| British reporter arrested - 29/06/2010 |
A Brisith reporter from The Sunday Mirror has been arrested by the South African police for ’orchestrating’ the incident at Cape Town’s Greenpoint Stadium where UK citizen, Pavlos Joseph trespassed into the English team’s change room.
The Times reports that Simon Wright was arrested for ’booking hotels for Joseph under a false name and also harbouring and interviewing Joseph for seven days after he made news,’ sais National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele. Cele told both local and international media that police had evidence that Wright had orchestrated the incident and ’involved the cooperation of a number of individuals’.
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Full report in The Times
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| Cops set for England, Germany encounter - 24/06/2010set |
All security measures are in place for the World Cup clash between arch-rivals Germany and England in Bloemfontein on Sunday, police said. ’We have taken everything into consideration and I can confirm that we have plans in accordance with that,’ said national police spokesperson Colonel Vish Naidoo. ’I can confirm that the security is all in place. It will be as our stress analysis dictates, but I can’t go into detail.’ Sport24 reports that security would include English and German police officers at the stadium and at key points in the Bloemfontein.
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| Heavy police protection for France 24/06/2010 |
France’s team returned to Paris under heavy police protection after their humiliating first-round exit from the 2010 World Cup. Sport24 reports that the plane chartered by the French Federation landed at Le Bourget business airport, 20 km north of Paris, after a 15-hour flight from South Africa. A smattering of supporters were kept at a distance and dozens of photographers, cameramen and journalists were penned behind a wire fence. Some of the players went straight into two coaches with darkened windows which left the airport through a back entrance.
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| Police angry over ’double standards’ - 23/06/2010 |
Police members, emergency workers and soldiers deployed in Mpumalanga for the 2010 World Cup have been angered by the suspension of three police officials in Nelspruit, Beeld reports. The three police officials, who were off-duty at the time, and two paramedics rushed to the house of a Fifa official to assist her after she became ill. Beverly Salmon (38) confirmed this. However, after she had recovered in the high care unit of a private hospital, she laid a charge of theft against the emergency workers as she realised that a camera was missing from her home.
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Full Beeld report
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| Fan opens case against corrupt cop - 23/06/2010 |
An American fan has opened a case against a traffic officer who allegedly solicited a R1 000 bribe from him in Sandton, Johannesburg metro police said. Sport24 reports that the fan had brought charges at the Sandton police station and lodged a complaint with the metro police’s internal affairs, said Superintendent Wayne Minnaar. An identity parade had to be postponed because the fan could not attend, he said.
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| Security firm considering suing LOC - 23/06/2010 |
Stallion Security has confirmed it is considering suing the World Cup Local Organising Committee for a breach of contract that led to thousands of stadium guards losing their jobs, says a report in The Mercury. The company’s Richard Ringrose, who was in charge of its World Cup contract to supply ’stewards’ to four World Cup stadiums, said Stallion had been paid in full by the committee for the services provided so far. According to press reports the contract until the end of the World Cup would have been worth R60m.
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Full report in The Mercury
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| Mystery over ’WC murders’ - 21/06/2010 |
Mystery surrounds the brutal execution of three men gunned down at a World Cup braai party. According to a report on the IoL site, cops suspect the shooting may be gang-related but have been unable to make any arrests. Relatives say the trio were getting ready for an evening of World Cup soccer viewing when they were ambushed in Overcome Heights, Seawinds.
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| Burglar threatens Cup tourists - 20/06/2010 |
A robber threatened to kill a group of US soccer fans in Cape Town for the World Cup when he was caught inside the Camps Bay house they had rented, a court heard on Saturday. According to a report on the News24 site, US tourist Steven Davis told the Cape Town World Cup Regional Court that John Mthambo, 31, had a knife and threatened to kill him and his friends when they trapped him inside the house when they returned from a World Cup game on June 18. Godland Rossouw, who had chauffeured the group on the night, told the court Mthambo told them to ’get out (of the house), or I will kill you’.
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| Net closes on foreign 2010 criminals - 20/06/2010Net |
Foreigners trying to capitalise on South Africa’s reputation as a crime capital - even disguising themselves to look like locals - have made up the bulk of those arrested during the first week of the World Cup. International gangs like the Argentinian soccer hooligans, Barra Bravas, whose activities include criminal acts, have been the focus of a police crackdown. Europeans, South Americans and Africans top the perpetrators’ list of ’petty’ offences committed since the start of the tournament - but a strong message has also gone to hardcore international crime syndicates.
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Full report on the IOL site
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| 2010 spam intensifies - 19/06/2010 |
SA will see a spam increase greater than that experienced at the Germany 2006 World Cup, predicts Symantec’s Gordon Love. Spam and phishing attacks related to the 2010 World Cup soared by 27% in May compared to the previous month, according to Symantec research. Symantec’s latest ’state of spam and phishing report’ shows globally, spam made up 89.81% of all e-mail messages in May, compared with 89.22% in April.
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| 2010 spam intensifies - 19/06/2010 |
SA will see a spam increase greater than that experienced at the Germany 2006 World Cup, predicts Symantec’s Gordon Love. Spam and phishing attacks related to the 2010 World Cup soared by 27% in May compared to the previous month, according to Symantec research. Symantec’s latest ’state of spam and phishing report’ shows globally, spam made up 89.81% of all e-mail messages in May, compared with 89.22% in April.
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Full ITweb report
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| Crack down on protesters - 17/06/2010 |
Police used stun grenades and rubber bullets to break up a protest by striking World Cup security guards in a Cape Town suburb this week, said National South African Police spokesman Vish Naidoo. He said the crowd was very rough and refused to leave when asked to disperse. CNN reports that 12 protesters were arrested for illegal gathering and inciting violence, said Naidoo. The 2010 Local Organising Committee and the SA Police Service agreed Tuesday that police would replace the striking private security at four stadiums for the duration of the World Cup, officials said.
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Full CNN report
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| 2010 botch-up could have been prevented - 17/06/2010 |
The company whose security guards went on strike at the Moses Mabhida Stadium this week, pulled out of a multimillion-rand security tender at the eleventh hour last year over a salary dispute with the local organising committee (LOC). Institute for Security Studies senior researcher Johan Burger told The Mercury on Tuesday that the committee should have learnt from its mistakes ahead of the Confederations Cup last year, and should take responsibility for the latest debacle.
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