Author name: Scott Balson

 In a rapid response operation, Clocolan police, assisted by local farmers, have arrested three suspects in connection with a violent house robbery and rape on a local farm Wednesday night. A firearm stolen during the incident has been recovered. According to police reports, the incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, 10 December 2025, at […]

In a landmark verdict that concluded the 16 Days of Activism against Women and Children Abuse, the local Magistrate’s Court has sentenced 38-year-old Mofihli Alloycyas Tshabalala to life imprisonment for a series of violent rapes and robberies targeting elderly women in the Maokeng area between 2012 and 2019. Tshabalala, of Gelukwaarsts in Maokeng, Kroonstad, was

 In a targeted crime prevention operation, Durban Central police officers apprehended three suspects on Thursday, 11 December 2025, believed to be connected to a series of business and house robberies in and around the eThekwini District. The breakthrough occurred along Dr Pixley KaSeme Street in the Durban Central Business District. Officers, acting on credible intelligence

In a precision intelligence-driven operation, a 16-year-old male was arrested for drug dealing in Silvertown on Thursday, 11 December 2025. The operation was conducted by members attached to Operation Lockdown III. Acting on specific information about a person dealing in drugs and in possession of unlicensed firearms, the members operationalised the intelligence and moved to

The Acting Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Ms Jane Thupana, has confirmed two significant interceptions carried out by BMA immigration and border law enforcement teams at OR Tambo International Airport yesterday, 11 December 2025. These interventions form part of the Authority’s intensified efforts to combat human trafficking, irregular migration and transnational organised crime,

In the early hours of this morning, our volunteer community responders were dispatched to a residence in Nieuw Muckleneuk following reports of an attempted house robbery. During the incident, the homeowner allegedly discharged his firearm, resulting in the suspect sustaining a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, our responders found the suspect injured and immediately initiated first

Kwaaiman police have arrested a 14-year-old boy from the PhezukweWilo locality for the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, at approximately 10:30. The suspect’s father escorted his son to the Kwaaiman police station and surrendered the firearm allegedly used in the shooting—a homemade gun belonging to the

Public Works Minister, Dean Macpherson, says his department is starting to break the hold of the so-called “construction mafia” on government infrastructure projects in KwaZulu-Natal. Minister Macpherson reported that it has been a full year since a project in the province has been interfered with by extortion groups. This progress follows a pact signed at

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has conducted a series of coordinated raids in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng as part of a major probe into the alleged theft of R161 million from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). Raids were executed at the UIF’s Pretoria offices, along with several other locations including office buildings and private residences. The

A complaint has been lodged against one of the panelists overseeing the interviews for the next Director of Public Prosecutions. Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi revealed the objection during a sitting of the interviews. Minister Kubayi stated the complaint was submitted by the Amalgamated Lawyers Association against Nkosana Mvundlela, the President of the Black Lawyers Association.