South Africa

The Hawks’ Bellville based National Priority Violent Crime team have on 12 August 2024, rearrested two accused, Sihle Mabhongo (24) and Simphiwe Mzanywa(46) on a warrant. The two are charged for possession of illegal firearms and ammunition, possession of explosives and attempted murder. Mzanywa appeared briefly at the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court on 13 August 2024. […]

A joint operation by the Limpopo Provincial Organised Crime Investigation Unit, Provincial Flying Squad, SAPS Ladybrand, and Vusela Risk security has led to the arrest of a 34-year-old foreign national male suspected of being the mastermind behind ATM bombings and robberies in Limpopo province. The suspect was apprehended on Sunday, 11 August 2024, in the

The Minister of Police, Mr Senzo Mchunu, notes with concern and disappointment, the issue of corruption involving members of the South African Police Service (SAPS). A recent case involving four police officers from the Crime Intelligence Unit, alongside an employee of First National Bank (FNB) and a civilian, has cast a dark shadow over the

The Provincial Head of the Hawks, Major General Mboiki Obed Ngwenya expressed his enchantment and lauded the investigating team for ensuring that the Gqeberha New Law court convicted and sentenced Mziwakhe Khumalo (33) a former bank employee on 08 August 2024 for fraud, money laundering and contravention of electronic communication transaction Act 25 of 2002.

The Gauteng Traffic Police helicopter was dispatched to assist a Rapid Response vehicle in pursuit of two SUVs traveling at extremely high speeds on the N3. With aerial support, the vehicles were successfully stopped, and the drivers were detained at Alexandra SAPS for reckless and negligent driving. During the arrest, two firearms were found and

Over the weekend, the Gauteng Traffic Police High-Speed Unit arrested several drivers caught excessively speeding on major roads across Gauteng: – A male driver in a Golf 7 GTI was clocked at 205 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. – A male driver in a BMW was caught speeding at 189 km/h. – A male

No injuries were reported after heavily armed suspects robbed a cash-in-transit vehicle in Cottonlands – KZN. Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received multiple calls from residents reporting heavy gunfire and an explosion. All available Reaction Officers were immediately dispatched and on arrival discovered a Fidelity cash vehicle blown up. It was established that heavily armed

KZNVIP together with multiple other Emergency Services responded to the scene after receiving multiple calls reporting an explosion and multiple gunshots going off on the P100. Suspects were approximately 15 males all armed with high-caliber weapons and Explosives which were used to blow up the cash in transit vehicle. The suspects disarmed the security officers

KwaZulu-Natal, 9 August 2024 – Bushman’s Nek, one of First Group Hotel and Resort’s cherished properties in the Southern Drakensberg, was tragically destroyed by a veld fire in the early hours of 9 August 2024. According to Shaun Lamont, Managing Director of First Group, the fire broke out at approximately 1:00am and quickly spread through the

The perseverance of detectives in Wrenchville secured the successful conviction of a murder accused. On Saturday, 15 January 2022, the body of Lebogang Setlhabetsi (33) was found after he was stabbed whilst visiting a shebeen in Promise land, Wrenchville. The accused was identified and subsequently arrested. The Kuruman Regional Court recently convicted and sentenced 23-year-old