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South Africa Wanted Persons

Wanted persons list of South African Police Service

Dataset with name, crime and status (suspect or wanted) published by South African Police Service.

In the source url it's possible to see the crime circumstances and other additional details (such as crime date and gender).

Data overview

Entities:
Total483
Searchable483
Targets483
Entity types:
People483
Countries:
South Africa483
Publisher:South African Police Service (SAPS) · South Africa
Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Warrants and Criminal Entities
Information:www.saps.gov.za
Source data:www.saps.gov.za · HTML
Tags:list.wanted
Coverage:added · frequency: daily
Last processed:2025-06-14 15:03:02 · v. 20250614150302-lje
Last change:

Bulk download

Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities301.42 KB
names.txtTarget names text file9.13 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format249.72 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON301.42 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV80.31 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Maenetja, James MosesPersonSouth Africa
Masinga, SiphoPersonSouth Africa
Oaker, FayrossPersonSouth Africa
Mtshali, LindaPersonSouth Africa
Makondo, EmmanuelPersonSouth Africa
Zuma, Philani ErnestPersonSouth Africa
Maseeha, EssaPersonSouth Africa
Stemmet, Anthony ReganPersonSouth Africa
Ntenga, MxolisiPersonSouth Africa
Fanose, Thabiso SelwynPersonSouth Africa
Nkosi, Clemens CohenPersonSouth Africa
Essa, MaseehaPersonSouth Africa
Kunene, Nkosinathi InnocentPersonSouth Africa
Meintjies, Keith ElvisPersonSouth Africa
Brits, RudiPersonSouth Africa
South Africa Wanted Persons - OpenSanctions