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A 22-year-old suspect is in police custody after the Maitland Flying Squad recovered a hijacked vehicle and found illegal firearms in Nyanga on Saturday evening, 17 January 2026. While recovering a different hijacked vehicle in the Lloyds area, officers spotted a passing Toyota Hilux. Its registration number matched details from a general broadcast about a […]

A celebration marking a young woman’s successful completion of matric was violently disrupted when her boyfriend was robbed & assaulted at gunpoint at his home in Trenance Park – KZN yesterday afternoon (Saturday). The man was celebrating with his girlfriend after she received her matric results when two (2) males arrived at the property, one

On 17 January 2026, police arrested two foreign nationals at a house in Dobsonville for manufacturing illicit alcohol. The Johannesburg K9 Unit conducted the operation based on intelligence. Authorities confiscated production machinery, illicit alcohol in 100 ml containers, various branded labels, and money suspected to be proceeds of crime. The suspects will appear in court

The body of eight-year-old Naledi Ramaisa, reported missing on 15 January 2026, was discovered on 16 January. The discovery was made in a locked shack next to her aunt’s residence in Tambo. According to police, Sergeant T.S. Tlali and a search team investigated the shack after noticing a foul smell. Inside, they found the child’s

Police are investigating the murders of three men found dead in Meqheleng on Friday, 16 January 2026. Authorities were called to a residence in Zone 2 at 23:57 following reports of a shooting. Preliminary information indicates that sounds like gunshots were heard from a rented room on the property at approximately 22:00. Upon entry, police

Police have arrested a 29-year-old man for an ATM bombing near Vryburg in October 2025. The arrest occurred on Friday, 16 January 2026, at a residence in Monakato Slovo Section, Phokeng. It followed a tip-off to Crime Intelligence regarding the suspect’s location. Members of Crime Intelligence and the Provincial Crime Combatting Team located and arrested

A female suspect has been arrested for the murder of a 33-year-old man at Nobody in the Mankweng policing area. The arrest occurred on Tuesday, 13 January 2026, immediately after the murder case was reported. Police reports state the victim was assaulted and robbed by the suspect and a male accomplice on Tuesday, 30 December

Police are searching for five suspects following a burglary at a fuel garage in Phiphidi Mapitas Village, Thohoyandou, on Thursday, 15 January 2026. The incident occurred at approximately 02:28. Suspects broke through a wall to access the building housing an ATM and used tools to cut it open. While fleeing, they dropped the ATM’s cash

A suspect in a Giyani house robbery was arrested on Thursday, 15 January 2026, by the Mopani District Tracking Team and Mopani Trio Crime Detectives. The robbery occurred on Saturday, 01 November 2025, at approximately 01:50 in the Giyani D1 Section. A female victim identified one suspect during the crime. The victim reported the case.

 Police shot and killed four suspects during a shootout at a residence on Glanville Road, Woodlands, Montclair on Friday afternoon, 16 January 2026. The suspects were wanted for business robberies in the eThekwini District, including a jewellery store robbery in Tongaat on Thursday, 15 January 2026. Upon police arrival, an exchange of gunfire occurred. Four