The Cape Flats continues to be plagued by brazen gang-related shootings, even as South African National Defence Force (SANDF) troops have been deployed to support police operations in the area. In the latest incidents on Tuesday afternoon in Mitchells Plain, eight people were shot in the space of about an hour and a half. Of […]
Police have recovered a knife believed to be the weapon used in the murder that occurred in Bronville on Sunday, 5 April 2026. The recovery follows the arrest of five suspects in connection with the alleged homicide. During investigations on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, one of the suspects disclosed the location of the hidden weapon.
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An intelligence-driven operation targeting extortion-related crime in the Western Cape resulted in the arrest of three suspects and the recovery of five firearms in Hout Bay on Wednesday morning. Members of the Anti-Economic Crime Task Team and the Counterfeit and Illicit Policing Team conducted searches at identified premises in Hout Bay linked to suspects believed
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Police have arrested two suspects, aged 19 and 56, from a smallholding in Bethlehem following a shooting incident on a farm in the Senekal area. Four firearms were seized during the operation. According to police reports, on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, a 65-year-old farmer was inside his farm workshop when he noticed a white bakkie
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A powerful storm tore through the villages of Ngwetsheni and Goxe in KwaBhaca, Eastern Cape, yesterday, unleashing destruction in under 10 minutes and claiming two lives while injuring four others. Strong winds uprooted trees, ripped roofs from homes, downed power lines, and hurled a parked car into a wall, killing its two occupants. One grieving
Cape Town – Two people have been shot and killed at the Mitchells Plain Taxi Rank in a second incident at the same location on the same day, police have confirmed, with the motive for both shootings remaining unknown. The latest shooting follows an earlier incident this morning at the taxi rank in which one
Authorities in South Africa have launched an investigation following the interception of a bus transporting 32 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals at a roadblock on the N1 near Bloemfontein in the Free State. The bus, which was en route from Zimbabwe to Cape Town, had been properly processed at the Beitbridge border post with the correct number
The Border Management Authority (BMA) has continued intensive monitoring of operations at the Beitbridge border post, one of South Africa’s busiest ports of entry, as holiday traffic from the Easter weekend begins to normalise. BMA Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato remains on site overseeing activities at the border post in Musina. Over the Easter period, Beitbridge
South Africans are being urged to think twice before stockpiling large quantities of petrol at their residences amid fluctuating fuel prices and concerns over global supply chains. The South African Insurance Association has issued a public warning highlighting the dangers of storing excess fuel in homes, particularly in unsafe containers. Technical expert Mosidi Shomang emphasised
Retired Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, chairperson of the commission probing criminality and corruption in law enforcement and related institutions, has cautioned that the serious allegations of tender manipulation and graft uncovered in the City of Tshwane and Ekurhuleni are unlikely to be isolated incidents. Madlanga made the remarks on Tuesday during testimony by Tshwane Metro Police