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On Friday, 12 December 2025, a joint operation at a roadblock in Marabastad, Maokeng, resulted in the arrest of two men for drug-related offences. At approximately 08:00, SAPS, in partnership with traffic authorities, the CPF, and the youth desk, conducted the operation. During the search of a stopped taxi, an undocumented male passenger was found […]

Two men, aged 30 and 36, were arrested for drug possession during a multi-agency roadblock on Friday, 12 December 2025. The operation, conducted at approximately 08:00 in the Marabastad section, involved SAPS, Traffic officials, the Community Policing Forum, and the Youth Desk. Officers stopped a taxi for searching. An undocumented male passenger was found with

The South African Police Service is drowning in dockets it is struggling to solve. For every ten dockets the police close every year, an average of 6 are closed without resolution, the Minister of Police revealed in a reply to Parliament in October. About 2.04-million new dockets were opened in the 2024 financial year, and

Two former apartheid-era police officers, who were convicted of the premeditated murder of Congress of South African Students (COSAS) member Caiphus Nyoka, will remain in custody pending judgment in their bail application. Former Sergeant, Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht and former Sergeant Pieter Stander (60) were convicted of the 1987 murder of Nyoka earlier this month while

Government has taken a pivotal step towards transforming water security in Limpopo with the commercial close of the first phase of the massive Olifants Management Model (OMM) programme. The Badirammogo Water User Association (BWUA), a unique 50:50 public-private partnership representing both government and commercial partners, has successfully secured the R8.5 billion in funding required for

The City of Cape Town has obtained a court interdict preventing the South African National Civics Association (SANCO) and others from entering a MyCiTI bus depot in Spine Road or threatening staff. The City said last month the group removed security guards from the site and threatened to disrupt operations unless their chosen security company

Kwaaiman police have arrested a 14-year-old boy from the PhezukweWilo locality for the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, at approximately 10:30. The suspect’s father escorted his son to the Kwaaiman police station and surrendered the firearm allegedly used in the shooting—a homemade gun belonging to the

On Wednesday, 10 December 2025, the Thohoyandou High Court sentenced 25-year-old Tlhandluko Gift Chauke to 25 years imprisonment for murder. Chauke, from Gawula Village in the Giyani policing area, killed his 20-year-old girlfriend, Miranda Chauke. The court heard that on 09 January 2024, Chauke accused the deceased of infidelity and invited a friend, Renneisence Kulani

One person died and three were injured in a head-on collision on the N1 National Road near Verkeerdevlei this morning. Emergency services responded to the scene at approximately 07:25. A grey Volkswagen Polo TSI, travelling southbound towards Bloemfontein, collided head-on with a light truck travelling northbound towards Winburg. One passenger in the Volkswagen Polo died

In a targeted operation, South African Police Service (SAPS) members have arrested a 24-year-old woman on a charge of dealing in drugs after uncovering a substantial cache of narcotics at her Oudtshoorn residence. The operation took place on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, when Oudtshoorn SAPS Crime Prevention members, acting on a search warrant, conducted a