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Efforts to curb gang violence and shootings in the Steenberg policing area led to the arrest of two suspects on Sunday morning for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Members of the Steenberg South African Police Service (SAPS) were conducting stop-and-search operations on Joe Marks Boulevard when they noticed two males walking in the […]

 The South African Police Service (SAPS), in collaboration with Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), arrested five South African women at OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday, 28 March 2026, for alleged drug trafficking. The seized narcotics have an estimated street value of more than R5 million. According to preliminary reports, the suspects were en route

On 29 March 2026, at approximately 13:30, KwaZulu Private Ambulance Service responded to a distressing scene on Christie Road following reports of a violent animal attack. An elderly woman, in her 70s, was walking toward the Scottsville Mall when a house sitter arrived at a nearby residence, two dogs managed to escape the yard they

A 29-year-old male suspect was arrested on Saturday, 28 March 2026, following an incident in Mlaza locality, Lutshaya Administrative Area. At approximately 17:10, the suspect allegedly discharged a firearm randomly at his home and shot at doors, causing damage. Community members gathered at the homestead, disarmed the suspect, and held him until the arrival of

A 26-year-old Ethiopian national has been convicted and sentenced for the kidnapping and rape of a 13-year-old girl in May 2024. The Mahwelereng Regional Court delivered the sentence on Friday, 27 March 2026. The accused received life imprisonment for rape, five years imprisonment for kidnapping, and either two years imprisonment or a fine of R5,000

Two men, aged 28 and 35, have been arrested on charges of dealing in dagga. On Thursday, 26 March 2026, at approximately 07:10, members of the Vredefort Community Service Centre, Vredefort Detectives, and reservists acted on information regarding a silver bakhti suspected of being involved in drug dealing. While patrolling along the R59, the officers

NXUBA, Eastern Cape — Residents of Nxuba, formerly known as Cradock, in the Eastern Cape are growing increasingly alarmed by a rise in suspected insurance fraud killings, with community members reporting cases involving family and acquaintances targeted for policy payouts. Bukeka Ngumbela lost her mother in 2022 in what she strongly suspects was an insurance

ALEXANDRIA, Eastern Cape — Thirty-nine-year-old Mnyamezeli Nxina’s daily struggle for survival has become a localised human rights crisis in Alexandria in the Eastern Cape. Nxina, whose one leg was amputated two years ago, has been unable to apply for a disability grant because he does not have an identity document. His lack of documents has

OR Tambo District Commissioner, Major General Norman Modishana, has welcomed the arrest of a 33-year-old man in connection with the alleged murder of his 35-year-old girlfriend. The suspect was arrested on Friday, 27 March 2026, at approximately 16:40. The arrest follows an incident on Thursday, 26 March 2026, at around 05:30, where the victim was

Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old man who was found with a fatal stab wound to the chest. Authorities were summoned to a stabbing incident at Phahameng location on Friday, 27 March 2026. Upon arrival at the W50 informal settlement, officers discovered the 22-year-old victim seated on