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:
Total465
Searchable465
Targets465
Entity types:
People465
Countries:
South Africa465
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:2025-10-20 15:03:02 · v. 20251020150302-cpq
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 entities314.14 KB
names.txtTarget names text file8.4 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format240.48 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON314.14 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV78.31 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
Princess Celerkosini Mseleku/NtshangasePersonSouth Africa
Mbali Precious MbathaPersonSouth Africa
Phillimon Phil RamoshabaPersonSouth Africa
Weekend Thulani MnisiPersonSouth Africa
Monwabisi NgwenduPersonSouth Africa
Lindani NkosiPersonSouth Africa
Nkonyeni ZwelethuPersonSouth Africa
Luviwe LanduPersonSouth Africa
John KostovPersonSouth Africa
Eben Christofel CoetzeePersonSouth Africa
Thulani Jomo MahlabaPersonSouth Africa
Macdonald Matome MasekwamengPersonSouth Africa
Pule Victor MofokengPersonSouth Africa
Boikgantsho MohlathiPersonSouth Africa
Jessy JwarhaPersonSouth Africa
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