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:
Total445
Searchable445
Targets445
Entity types:
People445
Countries:
South Africa445
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:
2026-09-06 15:07:32 · v. 20260906150732-gpu · change statistics...
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 entities311.05 KB
names.txtTarget names text file8.1 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format230.17 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON311.05 KB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV75.04 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
Anele Mabheka DonkragPersonSouth Africa
Clarise KluePersonSouth Africa
Lushane PotbergPersonSouth Africa
Boy Presa HlatshwayoPersonSouth Africa
Vuyolwethu RodoloPersonSouth Africa
Sello Freddy MolemaPersonSouth Africa
Thozamile MaliPersonSouth Africa
Andrew ChickwendaryPersonSouth Africa
Kimberley ManyanaPersonSouth Africa
Moses July MasanaboPersonSouth Africa
Sabelo Javas JavuPersonSouth Africa
Mfundo Education NcwanaPersonSouth Africa
Yohane MvalamimbaPersonSouth Africa
Sherphered ChitukutukuPersonSouth Africa
Sinoxolo KlaasPersonSouth Africa
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