Author name: Scott Balson

A local man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2019 sexual assault. The Madadeni Regional Court sentenced 34-year-old Siyabonga Christopher Xulu on 26 January 2026. Xulu received a life term for rape and a further five years for kidnapping. The court heard that on 15 June 2019, a 48-year-old woman was accosted by four men […]

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at approximately 22:30, police discovered an illegal alcohol manufacturing plant at a premises on Antilope Street, Uitzicht, Kraaifontein. The discovery occurred during an operation led by Kraaifontein Crime Intelligence, assisted by Durbanville SAPS, to locate a person of interest possessing an unlicensed firearm. At the address, officers found two Congolese

The High Court in Kathu has sentenced a 29-year-old man from Dithakong Village, Kuruman, to two terms of life imprisonment for murder. He was also sentenced to 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The sentencing was handed down on Tuesday, 27 January 2026. The man was convicted for the murders of his 33-year-old half-sister

Western Cape police are searching for gunmen who killed three men in Gordon’s Bay on Tuesday evening. The shooting occurred at approximately 21:30 in the parking lot of Gordon’s Bay Mall. Unknown gunmen in a vehicle approached the victims, aged 40 to 45, and opened fire. Two victims died inside a car; a third died

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, police arrested two Zimbabwean nationals following an intelligence-driven operation. Acting on information about a firearm at Extension 71 outside Polokwane, police located and searched a house in Mahwelereng. They found a firearm and ammunition. The 34-year-old male occupant could not provide a valid license and was arrested for possession of

In a significant crackdown on corporate fraud, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) has arrested five individuals and four companies on charges of fraud, theft, and money laundering. The arrests are the result of a coordinated investigation by Hawks units in the Eastern and Western Cape. The case centres on allegations that a

On Monday, 26 January 2026, three suspects aged 29, 32, and 34 were arrested for stealing copper cables from a mine in Trichardt, near Secunda. At approximately 10:30, security officers observed the suspects at the mine and found them stealing cables. They were using a bakkie with Mpumalanga registration plates. Police investigation revealed the displayed

A 35-year-old man will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, on charges of murder and rape. Police in Bloemspruit responded to a distress call in the Phomolong Informal Settlement on Sunday, 25 January 2026. At the scene, they found the body of an unidentified female. The victim was undressed, had

The Ermelo District Court has handed down a 35-year prison sentence to Simeon Majaonke Shongwe (46) for acts of sabotage and theft at the Eskom Camden Power Station. The sentence was delivered on Monday, 26 January 2026. Shongwe’s crimes date back to 10 November 2022, when he intentionally caused damage valued at R22,726,180.00 at the

Bushbuckridge police arrested a 43-year-old man on 26 January 2026 for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition following a public disturbance on the R40 in Dwarsloop. The incident began when a group blocked the R40 road at Dwarsloop, GA Beretta, and GA Relane. The group forced truck drivers to park across the road and