South Africa

Police have arrested a 21-year-old man after the body of a woman, and some items suspected to be stolen were found inside her stolen Range Rover. Preliminary investigation suggests that the victim was killed during a house robbery in Standerton, Mpumalanga Province, on Friday evening. The suspect/s allegedly ransacked the house before killing the victim […]

KZN police have arrested five gun-toting suspects this week. They were caught during an active robbery. A week ago, one of their accomplices was shot dead in a gun battle with police in Inanda. They are linked to a series of robberies, murders and hijackings in the INK area. Three guns and a hijacked car

A taxi driver with 14 passengers is among 35 people arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol in Carletonville last night during #OperationShanela. More than 30 other suspects were for crime ranging from possession of drugs, illegal mining and illegal immigrants. Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni and Deputy Provincial Commissioner Policing

Gauteng police have uncovered a drug lab with drugs and processing machinery with an estimated value of R80 million, at a plot in Douglasdale, Johannesburg. The lab was discovered through the Organised Crime Unit and Police Emergency Service (PES) Flexi Team. In a statement, police said they also found two unlicensed firearms, ammunition of high

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, and KwaZulu-Natal Public Works and Infrastructure MEC Martin Meyer, have announced plans for an urgent meeting to develop a decisive response to the construction mafia challenge across the country. In a statement, Minister Macpherson said they have jointly agreed that an urgent meeting with all the respective MECs

In a relentless pursuit of suspects involved in transporting illicit cigarettes, members of the Limpopo Provincial Flying Squad intercepted a convoy of five high-powered vehicles loaded with illicit cigarettes worth over R1 million and arrested three suspects on Friday, 23 August 2024, following a high-speed chase. The chase unfolded on the R519 Bergenek road towards

The Trans Kalahari Corridor Joint Law Enforcement Operation, which has seen officers from South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana collaborate in Rustenburg, has yielded significant results. Among the arrests were individuals apprehended for possession of drugs, drinking and driving, impersonating security officers, possession of an unlicensed firearm and a stolen vehicle. The operation also led to

Five suspects including two South Africans, two Ugandan and one Malawian national have been arrested following an intelligence-driven operation which led to the foiling of a kidnapping. The South African Police Service crime intelligence and organised crime operatives including the hawks have been working on information it received of a South African woman who was

Three suspects, Zachariah Olivier (60), a farmer, and his two employees Adriaan De Wet (19), and William Musoro (45), a foreign national appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court on charges of two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, defeating the ends of justice and contravention of

Kimberley Commercial Crime Courts convicted and sentenced Mr Fabian Royston Tun (55) for contravention of Tax Administration Act 28 of 2011 on Thursday, 22 August 2024. The accused as a medical doctor operating as a Sole Proprietor trading’ F. R. Tun Practice’ failed to submit personal income tax returns from 2015 to 2022. During the