Author name: Scott Balson

More than ten brick homes have risen from the ashes in Doornbach despite City of Cape Town regulations barring permanent construction on municipal land. Mayco member Carl Pophaim says residents do not have permission to build brick structures. The Department of Human Settlements has verified 642 households eligible for fire recovery kits. When fire tore […]

Police had to protect immigrant learners from protesters outside Addington Primary School in Point, Durban, on Wednesday. Members of the anti-immigration movement March and March, together with members of the MK Party, believe, without evidence, that immigrant learners are being prioritised over South Africans who want to be placed in the school. Some demonstrators attempted

Residents of Komani marched to the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality offices on Wednesday to protest about blocked electricity meters. Addressing the protesters, Mayor Madoda Papiyana said the meters would not be unblocked until residents had settled their debt. Protesters said they had suddenly received huge bills. The municipality acknowledged that some people had not been

A 16-year-old male suspect has been arrested for the alleged rape of a minor boy in the Vhembe District. The incident occurred on 22 January 2026 in an Extension area of Musina. According to police, the victim’s grandmother reported that the boy was lured by another minor while on an errand to a local Spaza

Western Cape police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old suspect in connection with the murder of nine people at a shebeen in the Marikana informal settlement, Philippi East. The shooting occurred shortly after 00:00 on Saturday, 17 January 2026, when three gunmen opened fire inside the shack. Six people died at the scene, one died

On Friday, 23 January 2026, police in Gauteng arrested four males in Betrams, Johannesburg. The suspects are believed to be responsible for a series of robberies and kidnappings targeting e-hailing drivers in Jeppestown and surrounding areas. Acting on intelligence, officers located and arrested the suspects at a shack in Betrams. Four unlicensed firearms and ammunition

Four men appeared before the Molopo Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, facing a charge of robbery with aggravating circumstances. The court appearance stems from an incident reported in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 2026, at Lonely Park Village outside Mahikeng. According to police reports, a 30-year-old man was sleeping inside his

The Evander Regional Court has sentenced 40-year-old Xolani Josiah Mayisela to life imprisonment for rape. The sentence was handed down on Wednesday, 21 January 2026. The court found that Mayisela raped a 55-year-old woman in Kinross in December 2021. The victim was known to him as an ex-male friend.     Source

The Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation unit arrested a 22-year-old woman on Thursday, 22 January 2026, on charges of corruption. The arrest follows a complaint from a Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department (TMPD) Commissioner. The Commissioner reported receiving an email from the suspect on 09 January 2026. In the email, the suspect, an unsuccessful applicant in a

Police arrested a 29-year-old man and seized a cache of unlicensed firearms, ammunition, and police-issued equipment during a raid on Thursday. Members of the Mthatha Central Crime Prevention Unit acted on received information and conducted an operation at a homestead in the New Payne locality at approximately 05:30 on January 22, 2026. A search of