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Mount Road SAPS members confiscated drugs with an estimated street value of R2 million during a routine patrol in Woodpecker Street, Cotswold, on the evening of Wednesday, 08 April 2026, at approximately 20:29. According to police reports, SAPS members were flagged down by a private security company while conducting patrols in the area. The security […]

Mpumalanga police have ramped up operations against illegal mining activities in the small towns of Sabie and Pilgrim’s Rest, conducting raids that led to the confiscation of equipment and the arrest of several suspected illegal miners, locally known as Zama zamas. According to police spokesperson, more than 800 people have been arrested in the Ehlanzeni

Johannesburg – Two people were killed and two others wounded following a high-speed chase involving three vehicles that ended in a shootout in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg, on Monday. The incident occurred near the Xavier Ode area, close to a shopping centre. Police remain on the scene, with forensics teams actively combing the area for

Western Cape police are searching for suspects after a six-year-old girl was shot in the head and wounded in Valhalla Park on Thursday morning. According to police, the girl was caught in the crossfire during a gang-related shootout between rival gangs in Eloanor Street shortly after 9:20am. She was rushed to hospital for treatment. Bishop

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Namakwa District has intensified its efforts to combat drug-related activities in local communities. On Wednesday, 08 April 2026, members attached to the Springbok Public Order Police observed suspicious activity at a well-known drug outlet in the Bergsig area. At approximately 10:00, police members were conducting waylay duties

Off-duty members of the SAPS OR Tambo District Task Team responded to a complaint of an armed robbery in the Lungqongqweni locality, Lusikisiki, on Tuesday, 7 April 2026, and arrested two male suspects. The two suspects, from the same locality, were found in possession of an unlicensed 9mm pistol with an erased serial number and

A 45-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder, rape, and kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl in Parkside. The child’s body was discovered at a dumpsite in Second Creek, Parkside, on April 4, 2026. An autopsy confirmed she had been raped and strangled. The suspect is scheduled to appear in the East London

Police have launched a manhunt for unknown suspect(s) following a stock theft incident at Sterkfontein, Motetema. According to reports, on 1 April 2026 at approximately 17:30, a 55-year-old man returned from the grazing fields with his 14 sheep and secured them inside a kraal, ensuring the gate was properly closed. On the morning of 2

The Palmridge Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a 46-year-old man from Khumalo Valley, Katlehong, to 13 years of direct imprisonment for the murder of his 27-year-old son, Ntobeko Dlamini. The fatal incident occurred on the night of 20 August 2023 at approximately 23:08. According to court evidence, the deceased and his biological father were

A Mpumalanga mother is demanding answers more than 15 years after a C-section at Barberton Hospital allegedly left her without a womb and in ongoing poor health. Lindiwe Nzima, 52, from Matsulu, has accused the hospital of medical negligence during her procedure in 2009. She claims she was transferred the same day to Rob Ferreira