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Mitchell’s Plain police seized an illegal firearm and made one arrest during a search on Monday. Members of the Mitchell’s Plain SAPS conducted an operation at a premises in Lincoln Street, Beacon Valley. They confiscated a 9mm pistol with ammunition found inside the house. A 20-year-old male was arrested for the illegal possession of the […]

In a crime prevention operation during the early hours of this morning, members of the Ficksburg Visible Policing Unit intercepted a vehicle and uncovered a cache of illicit goods. The operation took place at approximately 02:15 on Einde Street, near a filling station, where police pulled over a white Toyota Alphard. A search of the

A 35-year-old man was arrested on the night of 18 January 2026 after police found him in possession of an unlicensed firearm. Members of the Eldorado Park Crime Prevention Unit made the arrest while responding to a complaint of a person discharging a firearm at the Slovo Park Informal Settlement. Upon arrival, officers searched the

Police have rescued a 72-year-old female farmer and arrested two suspects following a violent attack and kidnapping in the Bultfontein area. The incident began on Friday afternoon. According to police, the victim was allegedly assaulted at her farm by a 33-year-old former employee, who reportedly struck her with a garden spade, rendering her unconscious. The

The Bitou Municipality is in a race against time to avert a total water supply collapse, with its primary storage dam at a critically low level and residents under stringent restrictions. The crisis, which came to a head in early January, has exposed deep divisions between local authorities and the community over preparedness and long-term

A devastating collision between a scholar transport vehicle and a truck yesterday morning near Vanderbijlpark has claimed the lives of 14 people, with several pupils remaining hospitalized in critical condition. Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko confirmed the rising death toll in an interview yesterday evening, stating that the 14th victim was a learner who had

Police have arrested two individuals in connection with the weekend’s mass shooting at the Marikana Informal Settlement in Philippi East, which claimed the lives of eight people and left two others injured. The attack, which authorities believe is linked to an active extortion syndicate in the area, occurred in the early hours of the morning

Growing international demands for accountability over Iran’s naval activities in South African waters have thrust the nation’s foreign policy into a sharp dilemma, balancing historic alliances against escalating Western pressure. The controversy stems from recent joint naval exercises involving the South African and Iranian navies. The international community, galvanized by a resurgent U.S.-led “maximum pressure”

On Saturday, 17 January 2026, police in Kanana arrested two male suspects, both aged 36, for stock theft. The operation involved the Provincial Crime Intelligence Overt Team, Provincial Criminal Record and Crime Scene Management, and the Stilfontein #StockTheft and Endangered Species (STES) Unit. Acting on a Crime Intelligence tip-off regarding stolen cattle, police located the

Police are searching for three armed suspects following a house robbery on a farm on Sunday, 18 January 2026, at approximately 17:55. A 56-year-old farmer was ambushed upon arriving home in his white Toyota bakkie. Three unknown males, armed with a firearm, a knife, and a wooden stick, assaulted him and forced him into the