South Africa

In a significant political shift, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen is expected to announce he will not seek re-election at the party’s upcoming elective congress. The move comes just months before crucial local government elections and follows months of internal pressure and public controversies surrounding his leadership. Steenhuisen is scheduled to hold a press […]

Frustration has boiled over into protest in the Johannesburg suburb of Midrand, where residents are enduring a severe and persistent water outage that has now lasted for weeks. The crisis has sparked demonstrations and led to growing threats of a municipal rates boycott amid broader complaints of failing service delivery. The situation has left residents

A 24-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of his two-year-old niece in Phola Park, Kwamhlanga, Mpumalanga. Police were notified by a local hospital at approximately 20:20 on Sunday, 01 February 2026, that a child had been declared dead on arrival. Officers found the child’s body with a deep neck wound. Preliminary information states

On Monday, 02 February 2026, members of the Anti-Economic and Extortion Crime Task Team arrested a 24-year-old suspect in Guguletu, Western Cape, for extortion, illegal possession of ammunition, and possession of drugs. At approximately 14:00, task team members, posted in the area to address violent crime, responded to gunshots heard near the Guguletu SAPS station.

Two men were arrested in Manenberg in the early hours of Monday following a police confrontation. Members of the Maitland Flying Squad, acting on a hijacking report, located a stolen Volkswagen Polo Vivo in Jade Crescent at approximately 01:50. The vehicle had been hijacked earlier in Athlone. Upon police arrival, three suspects fled on foot.

Marcel Cedric Sauls (18) of Vosburg was sentenced to five years’ direct imprisonment in the Carnarvon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 28 January 2026. The conviction relates to an incident in the early hours of Saturday, 7 October 2023. The victim, Burtanley Pretorius, then 16, encountered Sauls and a friend at approximately 00:10 and accompanied them

Police arrested three men on the N7 near Garies on Monday night, 2 February 2026, at approximately 22:00. The suspects, aged 21, 29, and 37, were charged under the Northern Cape Nature Conservation Act 9/2009 for illegally possessing a protected species. An off-duty officer, acting on information from the Station Commander, alerted police to a

Police have arrested a 31-year-old man for the alleged murder of his 67-year-old uncle, Jay Simon Ngconwane. On 2 February 2026, at approximately 05:50, police discovered Ngconwane’s body in a bedroom in Bufferzone, Intabazwe. He had multiple stab wounds to his legs and head. Later that day, at about 14:00, officers located the suspect at

On Tuesday, 3 February 2026, police from the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit, assisted by private security, arrested two men, aged 34 and 37, in Newcastle for dealing in drugs. The operation began after police received information about a suspect who had collected drugs in Gauteng and was returning to Newcastle. The team monitored

Police in Malamulele, Vhembe District, have arrested four men for murder. The victim is 46-year-old Andrew Mbikiza. Mbikiza was severely assaulted by unknown persons in Jerome village on Monday, 26 January 2026. He was taken to a local hospital but died from his injuries on Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at approximately 04:50. Police initiated a