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In a pre-dawn operation on Sunday, February 8, 2026, members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) National Intervention Unit engaged in a shootout with heavily armed illegal miners at the Blyvooruitzig Gold Mine in Carletonville. Acting on gathered intelligence, police arrived at the scene around 04:00. Their presence prompted suspects to flee, using whistles […]

 A 26-year-old man is scheduled to appear before the Senwabarwana Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 09 February 2026, following his arrest in connection with a business robbery in GaMochemi Village. The incident occurred on Thursday, 05 February 2026, at approximately 17:00. According to police reports, the suspect entered a spaza shop owned by a foreign national

A 23-year-old male suspect is in police custody following a burglary and related incidents at a plot in Nkuri Sifasonke Village early on Friday, 06 February 2026. According to police reports, the 41-year-old female property owner was alerted to the crime by an employee who notified her that unknown individuals were attempting to steal a

Police arrested two men for stock theft on Thursday, 05 February 2026, following their apprehension by community members in Tweelaagte Village near Mabeskraal. According to police reports, officers on patrol encountered a group of community members at a garage. The community had detained two suspects, aged 35 and 37, after stopping and searching their Ford

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the North West Province has arrested six suspects in connection with a violent attempted house robbery and attempted murder at a farm in the Swartruggens policing area. The suspects, aged between 35 and 67, also face charges for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. The incident occurred

The Gauteng South African Police Service (SAPS) Provincial Illegal Mining Stabilisation Team intercepted a vehicle and arrested three suspects for possession of illegal firearms and ammunition in the early hours of Sunday, 08 February 2026. According to police, the operation took place around 00:00 during patrols in the areas surrounding the Sporong informal settlement and

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Mpumalanga has opened an investigation into a violent carjacking that occurred in Mandela Village on Friday evening, 06 February 2026. The incident was reported to have taken place at approximately 21:30 at the victim’s residence. According to police reports, the complainant, driving a white Toyota Quantum with Mpumalanga

The Giyani Regional Court on Friday sentenced two Mozambican nationals to direct imprisonment for stock theft and related offences committed in December 2023. Mr. Robert Chauke (33) and Mr. Silver Ndlovu (49) were convicted on four counts: stock theft, cruelty to animals, slaughtering an animal at a place other than an abattoir, and contravention of

 Police in the Free State town of Harrismith have opened a murder investigation after the body of an 81-year-old woman was discovered at her home in Polani Extension 2, Intabazwe, on Sunday. The discovery was made by the deceased’s daughter at approximately 12:30 on February 8, 2026. According to police reports, the daughter had arrived

A 41-year-old man, identified as police informant Wiandre Pretorius, has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a filling station in Brakpan. The incident occurred on Saturday night, just days after he survived a separate attempted assassination. National Police Spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, confirmed that various police units were mobilised to the garage just