South African News and Contemporary Issues
The Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Tongaat Operations Centre received a call for assistance from residents requesting assistance. Reaction Officers were immediately dispatched and arrived on the scene and a silver Toyota Fortuner was discovered lying in its side. According to residents, two unknown vehicles overtook the Toyota Fortuner that was travelling on an unpaved […]
The SAPS Management welcomed the prison sentence handed down to 21-year-old David van Wyk for tampering with essential infrastructure. On Saturday, 02 March 2024, the accused was found cutting the signal cable of a Transnet railway line in Cassandra, Kimberley. He was subsequently arrested, and bail was successfully opposed. The Kimberley Magistrate Court on Monday,
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A disruptive operation conducted in Ngaka Modiri Molema District by Provincial, Sannieshof, Stilfontein and Pudimoe Stock theft & Endangered Species (STES) Units as well as Mmabatho Criminal Record & Crime Scene Management (CR & CSM) on Thursday, 22 and Friday, 23 August 2024, resulted in the arrest of three suspects for stock theft and possession
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The Provincial Commissioner of the Police in the Free State, Lieutenant General Baile Motswenyane, is pleased to announce that the missing couple, Pastor Phillip Mashudu (55) and wife, Mrs Elsie Matlou Mashudu (54), were found in Everton, Gauteng, on the evening of Monday, 27 August 2024. The couple who left Bethlehem on Friday, 23 August
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A 49-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court on Tuesday in connection to a case of robbery and kidnapping. A task team led by Captain David Ramasoala and Captain Kelaotswe Lebodi found the wanted suspect, Mamokete Jeminah Koloti, at her hiding place in Lourierpark, near Bloemfontein, during the early hours of
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Eskom anticipates that South Africa will experience a “load shedding free summer” if it manages to keep unplanned losses at power stations below 13 000MW. This is according to the power utility’s Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Dan Marokane who briefed the media on the state of Eskom and Summer Plan on Monday. “Our view
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SAPS in the Tshwane district have arrested a male suspect after he was found driving a stolen Range Rover in Moreleta Park. Police discovered the body of the vehicle’s owner, a female, in the boot, she was found murdered. Three firearms were seized, one of which is a replica…. Read more on Arrive Alive The
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The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Reaction Task Team established to curb construction mafia related activities has arrested five suspects for intimidation and disturbance of infrastructure at uMsunduzi on Saturday, 24 August 2024. Police responded to reports of a group of people who were disturbing activities at a construction site where a bridge is under construction in uMsunduzi.
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The illicit trade in counterfeit goods and contraband not only has a detrimental effect on the economy of the country, but also poses a major risk to its inhabitants. As such the SAPS remains resolute in clamping down on the illegal trade. On Sunday, 25 August 2024, members attached to the Western Cape SAPS Provincial
At least four people have died and three others have been injured in a building fire in the Johannesburg inner city. The incident occurred in an abandoned building during the early hours of Sunday morning. Speaking to the SABC at the site of the fire, City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services spokesperson, Robert Mulaudzi, said
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