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 In a targeted crime prevention operation, Durban Central police officers apprehended three suspects on Thursday, 11 December 2025, believed to be connected to a series of business and house robberies in and around the eThekwini District. The breakthrough occurred along Dr Pixley KaSeme Street in the Durban Central Business District. Officers, acting on credible intelligence […]

In a precision intelligence-driven operation, a 16-year-old male was arrested for drug dealing in Silvertown on Thursday, 11 December 2025. The operation was conducted by members attached to Operation Lockdown III. Acting on specific information about a person dealing in drugs and in possession of unlicensed firearms, the members operationalised the intelligence and moved to

The Acting Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Ms Jane Thupana, has confirmed two significant interceptions carried out by BMA immigration and border law enforcement teams at OR Tambo International Airport yesterday, 11 December 2025. These interventions form part of the Authority’s intensified efforts to combat human trafficking, irregular migration and transnational organised crime,

In the early hours of this morning, our volunteer community responders were dispatched to a residence in Nieuw Muckleneuk following reports of an attempted house robbery. During the incident, the homeowner allegedly discharged his firearm, resulting in the suspect sustaining a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, our responders found the suspect injured and immediately initiated first

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

On Thursday, 11 December 2025, police arrested a 26-year-old man for dealing in dagga in Paballelo. The arrest followed a joint operation conducted under #OperationShanela2 and #SaferFestiveSeason. Units from Upington Border Police, the SAPS K9 Unit, and Crime Intelligence executed a search and seizure warrant at a residence based on received information. A significant quantity

Three suspects, aged 39, 40, and 42, are appearing in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court this morning following their arrest by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). The trio, which includes a Ward Councillor, a driver, and a political party member from the Madibeng Municipality in Brits, was apprehended in Menlyn on Thursday, 11 December