South Africa

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at approximately 04:35, members of the Piketberg SAPS arrested two males, aged 39 and 47, for dealing in drugs. During a visible policing patrol, officers spotted a suspicious vehicle. The driver threw a black bag from the window while being pursued. He was apprehended, and the bag was found to […]

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, the Anti-Gang Unit conducted an intelligence-driven operation at an address in Springfield Terrace, Cape Town. Police acted on credible information and searched the premises. They recovered a 9mm pistol with one round of ammunition and a .357 Magnum revolver without a serial number. A 33-year-old man, identified as gang-affiliated, was

A local man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2019 sexual assault. The Madadeni Regional Court sentenced 34-year-old Siyabonga Christopher Xulu on 26 January 2026. Xulu received a life term for rape and a further five years for kidnapping. The court heard that on 15 June 2019, a 48-year-old woman was accosted by four men

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at approximately 22:30, police discovered an illegal alcohol manufacturing plant at a premises on Antilope Street, Uitzicht, Kraaifontein. The discovery occurred during an operation led by Kraaifontein Crime Intelligence, assisted by Durbanville SAPS, to locate a person of interest possessing an unlicensed firearm. At the address, officers found two Congolese

The High Court in Kathu has sentenced a 29-year-old man from Dithakong Village, Kuruman, to two terms of life imprisonment for murder. He was also sentenced to 15 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The sentencing was handed down on Tuesday, 27 January 2026. The man was convicted for the murders of his 33-year-old half-sister

Western Cape police are searching for gunmen who killed three men in Gordon’s Bay on Tuesday evening. The shooting occurred at approximately 21:30 in the parking lot of Gordon’s Bay Mall. Unknown gunmen in a vehicle approached the victims, aged 40 to 45, and opened fire. Two victims died inside a car; a third died

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, police arrested two Zimbabwean nationals following an intelligence-driven operation. Acting on information about a firearm at Extension 71 outside Polokwane, police located and searched a house in Mahwelereng. They found a firearm and ammunition. The 34-year-old male occupant could not provide a valid license and was arrested for possession of

A 35-year-old man will appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, on charges of murder and rape. Police in Bloemspruit responded to a distress call in the Phomolong Informal Settlement on Sunday, 25 January 2026. At the scene, they found the body of an unidentified female. The victim was undressed, had

The Ermelo District Court has handed down a 35-year prison sentence to Simeon Majaonke Shongwe (46) for acts of sabotage and theft at the Eskom Camden Power Station. The sentence was delivered on Monday, 26 January 2026. Shongwe’s crimes date back to 10 November 2022, when he intentionally caused damage valued at R22,726,180.00 at the

Bushbuckridge police arrested a 43-year-old man on 26 January 2026 for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition following a public disturbance on the R40 in Dwarsloop. The incident began when a group blocked the R40 road at Dwarsloop, GA Beretta, and GA Relane. The group forced truck drivers to park across the road and