Author name: Scott Balson

A 62-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday, 13 January 2026, after Carolina police seized 13 unlicensed firearms and over a thousand rounds of ammunition in an intelligence-driven operation. The operation was conducted at a farm in Carolina at approximately 16:00. The recovered arsenal includes three self-manufactured firearms, four rifles, one shotgun, five handguns, and six […]

A man has been arrested by the Provincial Drug and Firearms Unit on South Coast Road in Montclair for possession of cocaine. Police acted on intelligence that the suspect had drugs intended for distribution in the Umlazi area. They intercepted his vehicle and recovered cocaine packaged in plastic wrapping and glass vials. The drugs have

The Gauteng Provincial Commissioner of Police, Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni, has confirmed the arrest of five suspects for hijacking, kidnapping, and murder. Two women, reported missing on 31 December 2025, were found dead in an open veld at a plot in Poortjie, near Orange Farms, on 08 January 2026. The case was reclassified to hijacking

The Western Cape Anti-Corruption Unit arrested two Law Enforcement officers on Tuesday, 13 January 2026, for corruption. The arrests relate to an incident on Monday, 05 January 2026, when the officers stopped a drunk driver on Voortrekker Road in Parow. They did not arrest the driver. Instead, they solicited a R3000 bribe. The officers filmed

A two-year-old boy, Sibusiso Mnisi, drowned in a stream in Msholozi C, White River, on Monday, 13 January 2026. Police have opened an inquest. According to the child’s mother, Ms Thapiseng Mnisi, the family lives near the stream. She reported leaving the house while Sibusiso was asleep inside. The child later followed her outside without

In a dramatic escalation of economic pressure, United States President Donald Trump has announced immediate 25% tariffs on any country conducting business with Iran. The policy was declared via a post on his Truth Social platform late Wednesday. The move follows a recent threat from President Trump to launch a military offensive against Iran if

A significant police contingent was deployed to the offices of a district education department on Tuesday morning, as tensions flared among dozens of parents desperately seeking school placements for their children just weeks before the new academic year. The scene saw at least two police Nyalas and several other vehicles stationed outside the offices, with

The political party ActionSA has announced it is proceeding with a high court challenge to force the release of a secret police watchdog report into the conduct of Presidential Protection Unit (PPU) members during the 2020 Phala Phala farm robbery. The scandal, which involved the theft of US $580,000 in cash from the sofa of

Police arrested two men for possessing explosives on the N1 North Freeway near Musina in the early hours of Tuesday, 13 January 2026. Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) were conducting stop-and-search duties when a red Polo Vivo passed at high speed. Police pursued the vehicle, which stopped near the Petros Truck Depot.

On Monday, 12 January 2026, a 78-year-old man, Tumo Mahlangu from Tebang Village in Makoane, slipped and fell down a cliff while walking on a mountaintop at Mabolela, QwaQwa. He became stuck. At approximately 16:05, Mahlangu used a cellular telephone to contact the Phuthaditjhaba Community Service Centre, initiating a rescue mission. The response involved the