Police in the North West have embarked on an operation to combat illegal mining activities that have spread to Kroondal area near Rustenburg. This area is neighboring Bapong village that has been plagued by illegal backyard chrome mining. Police made several arrests at Bapong following the deployment of multi-disciplinary teams. In Kroondal, police have confiscated…
File image| A broken windscreen. Limpopo’s Transport department says the number of people who lost their lives in a light delivery truck crash outside Mokopane has risen to six. This after a sixth body was discovered in the river where a light delivery truck hit a bridge on the Marken-Mosesetjane road. The deceased and the…
Handcuffs. Eastern Cape police have arrested two police officers for alleged extortion outside Mthatha. It is reported the officers, aged between 24 and 30 were allegedly visiting taverns in Khambi location, requesting liquor trading licences and further demanding alcohol. Police Spokesperson, Siphokazi Mawisa, says the officials are attached to the Public Order Policing unit. Mawisa…
Bekkersdal shooting crime scene. Gauteng Deputy Police Commissioner Major General Fred Kekana says a team of investigators is probing whether the 11 suspects arrested at a house in Bekkersdal could be linked to the murder of 10 people at a local tavern last Sunday. The 11 suspects comprise of nine undocumented Lesotho nationals and one…
Police officers at the crime scene in Bekkersdal. Police have arrested eleven suspects believed to be linked to Bekkersdal mass shooting at the KwaNoxolo tavern in Bekkersdale on Gauteng’s West Rand last week. The suspects were found in possession of multiple firearms including an AK47 rifle. Ten people were killed, while ten others are in a…
Handcuffs depicting an arrest. A Northern Cape man, who allegedly attempted to hack his ex-girlfriend to death, has been arrested in Kimberley after being on the run since last month. Gordon Adams from Plooysburg near Kimberley attacked his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend in November with an okapi knife and a panga. Provincial Police Spokesperson says Adams is…
FILE: Mpumalanga Emergency Medical Service’s ambulance. KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane, says urgent partnerships are needed to protect emergency medical workers against criminals. Speaking at Wentworth Hospital, Simelane unveiled 44 new ambulances worth R86 million. She says the rollout forms part of a broader strategy to strengthen emergency medical services in high-risk areas especially this…
Preparations for the funeral service of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock underway in Rosebank. Two suspects arrested for the murder of media personality Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras, are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning. They were initially taken in for questioning in the early hours on Monday morning….
Five killed in a road crash on the R518 Mokopane to Marken, Mosesetjane cross. Five people have been killed and seven others injured when a light delivery truck lost control and hit a bridge on the R518 Marken-Mosesetjane cross outside Mokopane in Limpopo. The injured have been taken to hospitals. The Transport Department says among…
Acting Deputy National Police Commissioner, Khosi Senthumule has called on law enforcement agencies, the community and community policing forums to intensify their collaboration to combat violence at taverns and shebeens. Acting Deputy National Police Commissioner Khosi Senthumule has called on law enforcement agencies, the community and community policing forums to intensify their collaboration to combat…
