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A total of seven suspects, aged between 25 and 63, were arrested on Wednesday, 22 April 2026, during a tactical intelligence-led operation at Jakalasdans village in the Apel policing area. The operation, conducted by police from Burgersfort, the Provincial Organised Crime Unit, Sekhukhune District Public Order Policing, and a private security company, targeted illegal mining […]

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has raised serious concerns over what it describes as a growing trend of critical positions within South Africa’s security cluster being filled on an acting basis, warning that the situation threatens national stability and the fight against crime. IFP Chief Whip Nhlanhla Hadebe expressed particular worry that both the Minister

 The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Stutterheim has arrested six men for the alleged manufacturing and distribution of various brands of counterfeit alcoholic beverages. Counterfeit liquor with an estimated value exceeding R500,000 has been confiscated. On Wednesday, 22 April 2026, at approximately 18:00, police received information regarding a white Nissan Panel Van bearing Gauteng

The Pixley Ka Seme District Management has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of Elias van Rooi, 42, for murder. Van Rooi was sentenced to 15 years’ direct imprisonment in the Douglas Regional Court on Wednesday, 22 April 2026. The conviction stems from an incident on 09 February 2025. Between 15:00 and 16:00, Douglas police responded

The Ficksburg Detective Service and the National Prosecuting Authority secured the conviction and sentencing of Lesotho national Thabiso Mosothonyane, 43, in the Ficksburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 21 April 2026. Mosothonyane was sentenced to five years’ direct imprisonment without the option of a fine on two charges: assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

An intensive, multi-unit police investigation has led to the arrest of three suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murder of seven people in Newark. The victims were taken from a house on a lot in Newtown, Newark, on the night of Tuesday, 21 April 2026, and killed later that night in Melmoth. The investigation

A 41-year-old parolee arrested by detectives attached to the Hlababomvu Police Station appeared before the Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 22 April 2026. The accused, a resident of Butyumbu locality, Ngcoya A/A, faces a charge of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH). It is alleged that on 11 April 2026, he struck

The Fraserburg Regional Court has sentenced 33-year-old Brendon Barnard to 15 years of direct imprisonment for a violent attack on his girlfriend. The court also declared Barnard unfit to possess a firearm. The incident took place on the evening of 15 September 2024. Barnard went to the residence of the victim’s aunt, where the victim

Illegal mining in and around the Barberton region is causing severe environmental damage and threatening the tourism sector that countless local businesses rely on, according to a community tourism leader. Astred Christensen from the Barberton Community Tourism said the crisis has dealt a “huge, huge knock” to tourism, which is fundamentally built around outdoor experiences

Heavy rain, hailstorms, and strong winds have swept across all four districts of North West province, damaging dozens of homes, uprooting trees, and disrupting electricity supply as residents begin picking up the pieces. In Rustenburg local municipality, flooding left several houses waterlocked in Seraleng and Ramochana. Thirty-three houses were damaged by a windstorm in Mamerotse