Author name: Scott Balson

Police have arrested a 31-year-old man from KwaNyathi locality for possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol with 10 rounds of live ammunition. The arrest took place on Thursday, 09 April 2026, at approximately 14:00. Police responded to a report that a 34-year-old man had been shot in the area. Officers followed up on the information […]

 The South African Police Service’s Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) in Gqeberha has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a six-year-old girl. According to police statements, FCS detectives acted on information regarding two persons of interest believed to be in Makhanda. This led to the arrest of a

On Friday, 10 April 2026, at approximately 02:00, members of the Anti-Economic Crime Task Team and the Counterfeit and Illicit Policing Team conducted a raid on identified premises in Site B, Khayelitsha. The operation targeted suspects believed to be extorting businesses in the area. During the search of the premises, authorities discovered two 9mm pistols

A 23-year-old male suspect was arrested in the Mncwasa locality under the Kwaaiman policing precinct on Thursday, 09 April 2026, at approximately 15:00. The arrest followed an operation by Kwaaiman police acting on received information. The suspect was apprehended while herding eleven sheep. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), two accomplices managed to

A 35-year-old woman, Tshwarelo Faith Maboya, appeared before the Lephalale Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, following her arrest in a multi-disciplinary intelligence-driven operation in Onverwacht, Lephalale. Maboya is charged with possession of drugs. She was remanded in custody until 17 April 2026 for a formal bail application. Her arrest took place on Tuesday,

A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the rape of his 13-year-old daughter on her birthday, the South African Police Service (SAPS) confirmed. On 26 November 2023, the accused fetched the victim from her grandmother’s house in Nonzwakazi, De Aar, promising to treat her on her special day. Upon arrival

 Two men, aged 47 and 35, were arrested on the R549 in Deneysville for possession of illicit cigarettes during a Vehicle Check Point (VCP). The operation was conducted by SAPS members from various stations in the Fezile Dabi District, in partnership with the Community Policing Forum (CPF). During the checkpoint, officers stopped a silver Toyota

 The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has sentenced Bevin Bazil Goncalves to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of a 73-year-old man, Gauteng provincial authorities announced. The court found Goncalves guilty on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in connection with a fatal shooting that took place on April 22, 2022. The victim was seated

Cape Town — A rising trend of political parties turning to the police to lay criminal charges has highlighted ongoing concerns about whether such cases result in meaningful accountability within South Africa’s compromised criminal justice system. In the past ten months alone, about 11 cases have been opened by various political parties at the Cape

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has announced that the government will pursue legal action to restore the rule of law at Knoflokskraal in the Western Cape, where an unlawful occupation of state land that began as a small group during the Covid-19 pandemic has expanded into a settlement of approximately 4,000 structures housing