South Africa

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

A 34-year-old security officer will appear in the Mokopane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 27 January 2026, charged with murder. The charge relates to the fatal shooting of a man in Mokopane town in the early hours of Monday, 26 January 2026. Police report that an argument between the suspect and the deceased occurred at approximately

The Phuthaditjhaba Public Order Policing Unit arrested five suspects for the murder of a 20-year-old man from Matsikeng, Makwane Village. On 20 January 2026, three suspects lured the victim to Matsikeng Village by falsely claiming his girlfriend was in trouble. He was restrained, taken to a farm in the Maluti area, and killed. Community information

A coordinated, intelligence-driven operation in the Jeff’sville Informal Settlement, Atteridgeville, this morning resulted in the successful recovery of an arsenal of illegal firearms and ammunition. The operation was conducted by a multidisciplinary team from the South African Police Service (SAPS). Units involved included the Pretoria Public Order Policing (POP) unit, Crime Intelligence, and the Atteridgeville

On 25 January 2026 at 05:00, police were alerted to a house fire in Mbobo village, Palmietfontein. Arriving officers found the blaze being extinguished by community members. Inside, they discovered the body of an 18-year-old female on a bed, covered with clothes, blankets, and books. The victim had sustained four stab wounds to her throat.

The suspects, aged 38 to 61, were arrested in a joint operation involving the Gauteng Hawks, SARS Forensic Investigation, INTERPOL, SABRIC, Standard Bank, and FNB. INTERPOL participated under its global Operation JACKAL, deploying a senior representative from its Financial Crimes Directorate. The investigation began in 2022 after statements from forty-three Australian victims. The syndicates allegedly

Dawn Celeste Pieterson (46) was sentenced by the Calvinia Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Monday, 26 January 2026. She was convicted by the same court on Wednesday, 1 October 2025. Pieterson was found guilty on all charges: nine counts of fraud and two counts of contravening Section 31(1)(d) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act

Police are investigating a murder and house robbery at a smallholding outside Humansdorp. Officers were called to the farm along the R102 at approximately 01:30 on Tuesday, 27 January 2026. At the scene, they found the body of a 60-year-old man with open wounds. The identity of the deceased is withheld pending formal identification. The

Two suspects appeared in the Springbok Magistrates Court on Monday, 26 January 2026, following their arrests the previous day for alleged contravention of the Nature Conservation Act 9 of 2009. The men, aged 21 and 28, were arrested in Okiep on Sunday, 25 January 2026, at approximately 08:40. The arrest stems from the alleged theft