Author name: Scott Balson

In a significant breakthrough this week, police at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) uncovered crystal meth with an estimated street value of R2.2 million. The discovery was made on Wednesday, 04 March 2026, during routine daily operations at a cargo warehouse on the airport premises. According to authorities, the illicit drugs were found packaged and […]

A 24-year-old man from Matloding Village has been sentenced to prison for a series of violent crimes, including the assault of a 65-year-old man and setting a victim’s home on fire. Oratile Nkapane appeared in the Mmabatho Regional Court on Wednesday, where he was sentenced on charges of assault, contravening a protection order, and malicious

A 25-year-old man is set to appear in court on Monday after he was arrested over the weekend for the alleged possession and dealing of cannabis (dagga) valued at approximately R478,000. Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) were conducting routine patrols along Schroder Street in Upington on Saturday, 07 March 2026, at around

A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his wife, whose body was discovered in a stream. According to police, the victim was reported missing on 03 March 2026 following allegations that her husband had stabbed her and locked her inside their residence. When authorities arrived at the scene, both the

A 31-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested following the discovery and confiscation of narcotics with an estimated street value of R160 000 during a police raid in Lavalia, George. The accused appeared before the George Magistrates’ court on Friday, 06 March 2026, on a charge of dealing in drugs. He was remanded in custody pending

The Welkom Anti-Gang Unit revisited one of the troublesome houses in Bohlokong where they found a group of males and females allegedly smoking drugs. A 28-year-old woman, who had been arrested the previous week for possession of drugs, was arrested again. During the arrest, she bit a police officer on the arm and became aggressive, further

Authorities in the Waterberg District have arrested a 37-year-old male employee of a local farm lodge following an incident on Saturday morning. According to police reports, the arrest occurred at approximately 08:10 on 07 March 2026 at the premises of the farm lodge. Police responded to a call from the location and upon arrival, were

The Bafokeng Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a former Rustenburg Municipality employee to five years imprisonment for possession of stolen copper cables. George William Nkedi (54), a former employee of the municipality’s infrastructure department, was found guilty following an incident reported in Phokeng during February 2025. He was found in possession of suspected stolen copper cables

The Sweizer-Reneke Regional Court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to 20 years imprisonment for the rape of a 27-year-old woman in Ipelegeng. Buru Mopalami was found guilty of rape. The court heard that the victim was visiting a local tavern in Ipelegeng, near Wolmaransstad, when Mopalami threatened her with a knife and forcibly took her

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment by the Wolmaransstad Regional Court for two separate rapes committed in 2017 and 2018. Letlhogonolo Luckyboy Modisapodi was found guilty on two counts of rape. DNA evidence linked him to both incidents following his arrest on 10 December 2021. In the first incident,