Author name: Scott Balson

Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, the Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, has ordered Motetema police to use all available resources to apprehend suspects in a fatal tavern shooting. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, 17 January 2026, in Manapyane village, Motetema policing area, Sekhukhune District. Preliminary reports state three armed male suspects […]

Two suspects, aged 24 and 29, will appear in the Seshego Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 19 January 2026, for a murder in Mohodi Madikana under the Mogwadi policing area. On Monday, 22 September 2025, at approximately 21:00, police responded to a tip-off about a murder at a residence in Mohodi village. They found the victim

A 22-year-old suspect is in police custody after the Maitland Flying Squad recovered a hijacked vehicle and found illegal firearms in Nyanga on Saturday evening, 17 January 2026. While recovering a different hijacked vehicle in the Lloyds area, officers spotted a passing Toyota Hilux. Its registration number matched details from a general broadcast about a

The provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo are facing a reconstruction bill running into billions of rands following a period of prolonged and devastating rainfall, with authorities urgently calling for private sector and philanthropic aid. The assessment was delivered by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, during an oversight visit to flood-ravaged areas of

On Friday, 16 January 2026, the Clanwilliam Magistrates’ Court sentenced 40-year-old Shaun Titus to 10 years’ imprisonment, with two years suspended for five years, for dealing in drugs under Act 140/1992 5(b). The offence occurred on 20 December 2021 at 14:50 in Citrusdal. Members of the West Coast District Rural Flying Squad observed a person

A celebration marking a young woman’s successful completion of matric was violently disrupted when her boyfriend was robbed & assaulted at gunpoint at his home in Trenance Park – KZN yesterday afternoon (Saturday). The man was celebrating with his girlfriend after she received her matric results when two (2) males arrived at the property, one

On 17 January 2026, police arrested two foreign nationals at a house in Dobsonville for manufacturing illicit alcohol. The Johannesburg K9 Unit conducted the operation based on intelligence. Authorities confiscated production machinery, illicit alcohol in 100 ml containers, various branded labels, and money suspected to be proceeds of crime. The suspects will appear in court

Police have arrested a 29-year-old man for an ATM bombing near Vryburg in October 2025. The arrest occurred on Friday, 16 January 2026, at a residence in Monakato Slovo Section, Phokeng. It followed a tip-off to Crime Intelligence regarding the suspect’s location. Members of Crime Intelligence and the Provincial Crime Combatting Team located and arrested

A female suspect has been arrested for the murder of a 33-year-old man at Nobody in the Mankweng policing area. The arrest occurred on Tuesday, 13 January 2026, immediately after the murder case was reported. Police reports state the victim was assaulted and robbed by the suspect and a male accomplice on Tuesday, 30 December

Police are searching for five suspects following a burglary at a fuel garage in Phiphidi Mapitas Village, Thohoyandou, on Thursday, 15 January 2026. The incident occurred at approximately 02:28. Suspects broke through a wall to access the building housing an ATM and used tools to cut it open. While fleeing, they dropped the ATM’s cash