Author name: Scott Balson

Recent sharp increases in electricity tariffs, fuel prices, and illuminating paraffin have intensified the cost-of-living crisis in South Africa, with the heaviest impact falling on low-income households, informal settlement residents, and the working poor, according to participants in a panel discussion. The discussion followed the release of the Competition Commission’s latest Cost of Living Report, […]

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has officially unveiled the new logo and tagline for the upcoming 2026/27 local government elections at an event held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. No official election date has been announced, but the IEC expects voting to take place sometime between November 2026 and January 2027.

 Police have registered an inquest docket following the discovery of a 46-year-old woman’s body in a freezer at her home. The body was found on March 31, 2026, at approximately 4:05 p.m. inside a deep freezer located in a storeroom at the residence. According to preliminary information, the woman was reported missing by her husband

The Modimolle Regional Court has sentenced Guezane Matseque, a 35-year-old foreign national, to an effective seven years of direct imprisonment for illegal possession of explosives and contravention of the Immigration Act. The sentence was handed down on March 31, 2026. Matseque received seven years for illegal possession of explosives and 12 months for being in

The Lephalale Regional Court in the Waterberg District has sentenced 29-year-old Ranko Makgae to seven years of direct imprisonment for attempted murder. The incident occurred on Sunday, 7 June 2024, at a tavern in Vila Nora. The court heard that a 21-year-old victim and the accused were at the establishment when the victim accidentally bumped

Crime prevention operations in Thaba Nchu have resulted in the recovery of a stolen vehicle and the dismantling of a suspected stock theft syndicate, with three individuals taken into custody. On Monday evening, 30 March 2026, members of the Thaba Nchu Crime Prevention Unit discovered an abandoned white Nissan 1400 bakkie on the N8 highway

The South African Police Service (SAPS) Mangaung Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit in the Free State has welcomed the sentencing of 23-year-old Thabo Petrus Moiloa to an effective 15 years’ imprisonment for a series of violent crimes committed against a 24-year-old woman in October 2023. On October 9, 2023, the victim

A 37-year-old man appeared before the Komani Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape on March 31, 2026, on a murder charge. The accused is alleged to have stabbed a 31-year-old man on March 30, 2026, at Weldon Farm Estate. According to police reports, the stabbing followed accusations that the victim was having an affair with

 Members of the Kuruman Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit arrested two suspects, aged 36 and 41, on Wednesday, 1 April 2026, after recovering three Bonsmara cattle valued at over R40,000. The suspects were apprehended while attempting to sell the cattle at a feedlot in Kuruman—a facility where beef cattle are fattened for slaughter. Police

A 30-year-old woman reported missing over the weekend was found dead on Monday, 30 March 2026, alongside the N6 near Kwetyana village, close to KuGompo. Police received a missing person report on Sunday, 29 March 2026, stating the woman had last been seen leaving Malcomess Park in Southernwood together with a colleague. Investigators conducted interviews