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On Friday, 12 December 2025, a police operation arrested eleven men for illegal mining in Mooinooi. The operation involved members from the Tactical Response Team (TRT), Public Order Policing (POP), and Visible Policing (VISPOL). Officers found the suspects digging in the area. Two bakkies containing stones and rocks, suspected to be chrome, were discovered on […]

The Mpumalanga High Court has sentenced Khutullo Sipho Sekgobela (27) to 28 years in prison for murder and attempted murder. The sentencing was delivered on Thursday, 11 December 2025. The court found that on 07 April 2023, Sekgobela assaulted his female friend outside a tavern in Acornhoek. When Jetro Mashile (40) intervened, Sekgobela stabbed him

 In a case that has spanned over three years, the High Court has handed down a substantial prison sentence to 30-year-old Lizo Thana Ntilana for the murder of a 17-year-old girl from Ntsimbini locality, Majola A/A. The victim was last seen alive in April 2022, travelling to Mhlotsheni locality to visit her boyfriend. After she

On Friday, 12 December 2025, Stilfontein Police seized a cache of explosives during a routine roadblock on the N12 between Stilfontein and Klerksdorp. The search of a stopped vehicle yielded six bags containing explosives and accessories. Three male suspects, aged 41 to 48, were arrested for possession of explosives under the Explosives Act. A bomb

A 26-year-old man is in police custody following his arrest on Friday, 12 December 2025, for the possession of drugs with an estimated street value of R6,000. The arrest was effected at the suspect’s residence by members of the Waterberg Flying Squad, in collaboration with two private security companies. According to police reports, the operation

A 43-year-old man was arrested on Friday, 12 December 2025, at Ha-Mashau village in the Vhembe District for possession of a suspected stolen vehicle. The arrest followed a joint operation by Levubu Detectives, Waterval police, the Thohoyandou Vehicle Identification Safeguarding Unit (VIS), the Vhembe Flying Squad, and the Ṱhohoyaṋdou Tracing Task Team. Police acted on

Police are searching for an unknown number of armed suspects after a fatal house robbery in Mantjana Ga-Thoka village on Saturday, 13 December 2025. According to the police report, two masked men entered a one-room house where a 38-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter were sleeping. The woman’s brother, sleeping in another house on the

 Eleven suspects appeared in the Giyani Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 12 December 2025, facing charges linked to a violent feud between rival taxi associations operating the Giyani-Malamulele route. The court proceedings followed a well-coordinated, intelligence-driven operation on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, which led to the initial arrest of 14 male suspects aged between 25 and

The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Organized Crime Narcotics Unit arrested three people and confiscated drugs worth an estimated R1.6 million in Umzinto on Friday. The arrested individuals are two foreign nationals—one from a West African country and one from a Central African country—and a South African woman. The operation began with the interception of a vehicle driven

Hawks officers arrested a 34-year-old petrol attendant on Friday, 12 December 2025, for allegedly cloning fuel cards. The arrest followed a complaint from financial institution investigators and the Truckstop Inn fuel station. An investigation by the banks determined card users suffered an estimated loss of R469,000. The Hawks Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit in Middelburg