Author name: Scott Balson

On Saturday, 13 December 2025, Public Order Police Unit Bloemfontein acted on intelligence and searched an address at the corner of Hillcrest and De Vries Streets. The operation resulted in the discovery of 152 Mandrax tablets on a suspect. During the arrest, community members gathered and intervened. The crowd threw stones and set dogs on […]

The North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng, together with the Acting Provincial Commissioner of Police, Major General (Dr) Ryno Naidoo, have noted with concern a viral video currently circulating on various social media platforms putting to show a traffic officer being attacked. The alleged incident took place on Monday afternoon,

Early Monday morning, police arrested an adult male for illegal possession of a firearm in Eagle Park. Members of the Grassy Park Crime Prevention Unit acted on information and searched a premises on Haron Road. They found a 9mm pistol and 56 rounds of ammunition hidden in a bedroom. The suspect will appear in the

Three suspects have been arrested for the hijacking and robbery of a 65-year-old Botswana national. The suspects—two men, aged 29 and 30, and a 17-year-old female—were arrested on Monday, 15 December 2025, just after 17:00 in Potchefstroom. The arrest followed a tip-off about the hijacking. A coordinated operation was activated involving Crime Intelligence, the Dr

On 15 December 2025, members of the Gert Sibande District Highway Patrol arrested a 36-year-old Nigerian national in Bethal for possession of substances suspected to be illegal drugs. Police found Mandrax tablets, Crystal Meth, and Tik with an estimated street value of R80,000. During the arrest, the suspect offered officers R1,000 in cash for his

On Monday, 15 December 2025, a suspect wanted for multiple serious crimes was fatally wounded during a shootout with police at Maydon Wharf. The suspect was sought for: Murder and attempted murder in Sawoti in December 2025. The brutal killing of four people in Mbumbulu. Involvement in a cash-in-transit robbery in Umlazi on Friday, 5

Police have arrested four suspects for a business robbery reported last month. The Bohlokong police and Bethlehem Public Order Police recovered a stolen firearm and other valuables. The firearm was confirmed as stolen in Phuthaditjhaba. The suspects have been charged and will appear in the Bethlehem Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 17 December 2025.    

The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola, has stated that illegal mining in Bapong will be stopped. He said the activities risk community lives, livelihoods, safety, and the environment. Following a briefing from the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), General Masemola outlined immediate intervention measures: Crime-combating operations

On Monday, 15 December 2025, SAPS Rietgat members arrested a suspect wanted for armed robbery during a tracing operation. Acting on received information, police executed a take-down in Block NN, Phase 2, Soshanguve. The suspect was arrested on charges of armed robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm. The recovered firearm will undergo ballistic analysis

Limpopo Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe has praised Namakgale SAPS members for arresting a 26-year-old man for murder. The suspect is charged with killing a 26-year-old woman from Nyakelang section one, Makhushane Village. The arrest followed two community alerts to police. First, witnesses reported seeing the suspect assaulting his girlfriend on the street. The