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:
Total440
Searchable440
Targets440
Entity types:
People440
Countries:
South Africa440
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:
2026-07-28 15:03:01 · v. 20260728150301-jlt
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 entities308.1 KB
names.txtTarget names text file8.01 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format227.56 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON308.1 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV74.18 KB

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Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

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

Recent additions 

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Lufuno Daphny MabekembePersonSouth Africa
Lucky Prince MlotshwaPersonSouth Africa
Themba Khoza ShakoanePersonSouth Africa
Lunga Ernest NgwambaPersonSouth Africa
Bonga ThamsanqaPersonSouth Africa
Jeremiah MphuthiPersonSouth Africa
Sello Petrus Spuit MahlaselaPersonSouth Africa
Athony Derieck Derick Van HeusdenPersonSouth Africa
Muhammad Uzair SaleemPersonSouth Africa
Reven Sylvester GwynnPersonSouth Africa
Avuyile WelaniPersonSouth Africa
Bubesi SiphamandlaPersonSouth Africa
Sylvian Manix Silver RadioPersonSouth Africa
Thabang MalepePersonSouth Africa
Mathabatha Letlhohonolo MalatjiePersonSouth Africa
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