A truck driver was shot and injured during a violent armed robbery incident that unfolded late on Saturday night, 11 October 2025, along Siphosethu Road in the Mount Edgecombe area. Just after 23h45 PM, KZNVIP Control Centre received reports of a shooting and immediately dispatched Response Officers and Medics to the scene. Upon arrival, KZNVIP […]
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The University of Fort Hare has been forced to close its doors and evacuate students following a four-day protest that escalated into significant violence, leaving key university buildings torched and causing an estimated R250 to R500 million in damages. The unrest, which has left scores of students displaced and academic progress in jeopardy, stems from
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KIMBERLEY – The weekly multi-disciplinary high-density operation Shanela 2 continues to combat crime and maintain law and order in all five districts in the Northern Cape. The week long operations kick-started on Monday, 06 October, until Sunday, 12 October 2025, and consisted of vehicle check points (VCPs) stop and search actions, foot and vehicle patrols,
WESTERN CAPE – Members of the Maitland Flying Squad followed up information on Friday, 10 October 2025, about a grey Volkswagen Polo that is driving in the Strand area with five occupants inside the vehicle. The vehicle was stopped in Old Main Road, Macassar, and the members searched the occupants and the vehicle. SAPS uniform,
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Members of SAPS Pta West VCIU were busy with investigations, driving with two unmarked vehicles along the R80 highway direction to Soshanguve, outside Pretoria. Members spotted a suspicious white VW Gold 7 with four occupants. The vehicle was tested, and it came out as a BMW. They stopped the vehicle at the off-ramp to Rosslyn.
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At approximately 20:00 hours on 10 October 2025, the Durban Metro Police Service Task Team received intelligence regarding a stolen Toyota Fortuner reportedly taken along Umngeni Road during a soccer event. The last signal from the vehicle tracker was detected on the M4 towards Umlazi, prompting an extensive search in the area’s identified hot spots
A police constable and a former SAPS sergeant were shot and killed yesterday in an apparent assassination at the Mthwalume home of the ex-officer on the KZN South Coast. Both victims were found next to an SUV with multiple gunshot wounds. It is believed that more than 16 shots were fired during the attack. Despite
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Near Sibongakonke Mdluli’s RDP house in Marikana, Dundee, a hole has been dug to reach the municipal water line, through which water runs only once a day and for short periods at a time. When the water comes on, residents shove and push each other to fill their containers from the broken pipe. Physical fights
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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has had success freezing and recovering stolen Lottery grant money. But its mandate only went up to 2020 and didn’t include procurement. Now President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended a 2020 proclamation to allow the SIU to investigate corruption that includes procurement up till October 2025. President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally
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A 28-year-old male, who was left permanently disabled in a motor vehicle accident in 2014, was kidnapped and held captive for an extended period. The perpetrators forced him to transfer his Road Accident Fund (RAF) compensation to them. The victim was released and dropped off in a wheelchair at the Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA)
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