Author name: Scott Balson

The Department of Transport’s mid-term festive season preliminary road safety report shows a decline in road fatalities compared to the same period last year, with 113 lives saved. “The number of fatal crashes last year this time was 545, compared to the 431 we have seen this year. The fatal crashes took 638 lives last […]

Ficksburg police have arrested a 40-year-old woman from Meqheleng Township for the alleged murder of her two minor children. A report made on 17 December 2025 initially claimed the children, a boy and a girl aged between three and five, died after buying snacks from a local tuckshop. Investigation on 18 December 2025 found this

The Nelson Mandela Bay District Detective Intervention Task Team has arrested a 23-year-old woman for the murder of Nolwandle Hlahlatyi (35). Hlahlatyi was found dead in her shack in Boesak Street, Govan Mbeki, Kwadwesi, on the morning of Thursday, 11 December 2025. Police were alerted at approximately 06:15. The deceased’s brother reported hearing a gunshot

On Thursday, 18 December 2025, members of the Lockdown III police unit arrested four suspects in Athlone. The arrests followed simultaneous searches of premises on Anthony Street in Silvertown. Three adult males and one adult female were arrested. Police confiscated Mandrax tablets, crystal meth, cocaine, ecstasy tablets, and an unlicensed firearm from the premises. The

Police have arrested a 32-year-old man for attempted murder after a shooting on Bell Street on 18 December 2025. The incident, reported at 20:50, began as an argument between a restaurant patron and a car guard. The suspect allegedly drew a firearm and fired one shot. A 13-year-old girl walking nearby was injured on her

 Ekurhuleni District Crime Intelligence, with other law enforcement agencies, arrested two suspects in Tembisa on Thursday, 18 December 2025. The operation, conducted in the Maokeng section, resulted in the recovery of two unlicensed firearms and ammunition. The seized weapons will undergo ballistic testing to determine links to other criminal activities.     Source

On Wednesday, 17 December 2025, members of the Vrede Crime Prevention Unit arrested a 37-year-old suspect from Bergville during a stop-and-search operation on the R34 outside Vrede. Police confiscated 410 mandrax tablets, which were concealed inside a lunch box bag. The drugs have an estimated street value of over R20,000. The suspect is expected to

A 56-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, for the unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. Police found the suspect in possession of five unlicenced firearms and 953 rounds of ammunition in KwaDukuza. The arrest is part of ongoing police efforts to remove illegal firearms from KwaZulu-Natal.       Source

The Bloemfontein Regional Court today, 17 December 2024, sentenced 43-year-old Steven Songejo Jakane to life imprisonment for murdering his then-girlfriend, Judith Moalosi (41). Moalosi’s body was found with multiple injuries next to Dewetsdorp Road on Monday, 17 June 2024. The suspect was arrested and the investigation, led by Sergeant Kendrick Barnes of Sonskyn Detective Services,

Two robbery suspects were fatally wounded and a third was injured during a shootout with police on the R25 in Kempton Park on Wednesday. Police crime intelligence had received information about suspects planning to rob a courier vehicle in Etwatwa, Ekurhuleni. A surveillance team located vehicles matching the description and followed them to the R25.