South Africa

The Botshabelo Regional Court on Friday, 8 May 2026, sentenced 27-year-old Sibusiso Mbuli to two life terms imprisonment plus an additional 18 years for robbery. The Selosesha SAPS Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) investigated two cases of robbery and rape that shared the same modus operandi. According to court findings, Mbuli […]

Police in the Free State arrested two foreign nationals and seized illicit cigarettes valued at approximately R7.8 million during a crime prevention operation on Friday, May 8, 2026. Members of the SAPS Bethlehem Public Order Policing Platoon 3 were deployed for crime prevention duties in the Bethlehem and Bohlokong areas. At approximately 8:30 a.m., while

On Friday, 8 May 2026, at approximately 01:13, members attached to Operation Lockdown 3 acted on intelligence regarding suspects in possession of firearms at a shack on Klipfontein Road, Nyanga. Upon arrival, officers searched the premises and recovered five firearms: three without serial numbers (an R5 rifle, a 9mm pistol, and a .38 revolver), as

 A 20-year-old man, Bronwyn Mias, has been found guilty of stealing a motor vehicle in January 2024 and received a suspended sentence, but was later convicted and sentenced to an effective two years’ imprisonment for a separate motorcycle theft and housebreaking committed in December 2025. In the earlier matter, Mias was convicted of theft of

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Bojanala Sub-District 2 arrested two suspects, aged 33 and 26, during an operation targeting illegal mining at Tlhatlhaganyane (Ten Sisters) in Mabeskraal on Thursday evening, 7 May 2026. Police recovered mining equipment including a yellow CAT excavator, a Case compressor, and a water pump. The 33-year-old suspect was

Tshwane deputy mayor Eugene Modise has been sanctioned after the city council found him guilty of breaching the councillors’ code of ethics. The violation stems from his failure to declare financial interests linked to Triotic Protection Services, a security company that does business with the municipality. As a result of the council’s finding, Modise will

Kabega Park SAPS detectives have launched an investigation into a business robbery, murder, and theft of a motor vehicle following an incident at a tavern in St Albans. According to police reports, on Monday, 4 May 2026, at approximately 20:30, SAPS members responded to a complaint of a business robbery at a tavern located on

The crisis engulfing Ditsobotla Local Municipality, where two councils once ran parallel with duelling mayors and three municipal managers, has laid bare a wider service delivery breakdown affecting municipalities across South Africa as local government elections approach. The administrator appointed after the national government invoked Section 139 described the situation he inherited as one of

Legal analyst Ulrich Roux says President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to resign if the Constitutional Court decides to proceed with the Phala Phala investigation, a move that could effectively render any impeachment proceedings against the president null and void. The Constitutional Court is expected to hand down judgment on Thursday in the Economic Freedom Fighters’

The Free State Provincial Serial Electronic Crime Investigation (SECI) Unit has dismantled a criminal syndicate responsible for a wave of violent offenses across the Lejweleputswa District, with two key members now convicted. For over ten years, the syndicate targeted residents in Virginia, Welkom, and Odendaalsrus, committing house robberies, housebreaking, attempted murder, and rape. The breakthrough