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The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Live proceedings below:   

Former accused turned state witness Rudolph De Wet testifies before the Limpopo pig farm murder trial on 09 October 2025. The double murder trial of a Limpopo pig farmer is on Wednesday morning expected to continue in the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo. On Tuesday, the court conducted an inspection-in-loco at the pig farm at…

Police forensics at the scene of the shooting Three more suspects have been arrested in connection with last week’s mass shooting in Westbury, which claimed the lives of two teenagers and left five others injured.   This brings the total number of arrests to five, according to Gauteng’s Anti-Gang Unit. #sapsGP [UPDATE] #SAPS #AntiGangUnit in…

Medical person holds a typhoid vaccine The Ministry of Water and Sanitation says it is concerned about the recent surge in typhoid cases in Hammanskraal, which had only recently recovered from a cholera outbreak.   A total of 48 typhoid fever cases has been reported in Hammanskraal, Bronkhorstspruit and other parts of Pretoria since January….

A suspect linked to the drive-by mass shooting incident last weekend in Reiger Park in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, has been arrested. Police say the 23-year-old suspect was apprehended on Monday following an investigation by the Anti-Gang unit. Six people were killed including three women and three others were injured. The suspect is set to appear in…

Former police Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane and daughter Florah Shokane, appear before the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court for a bail application on 24 July 2025. A former Limpopo police sergeant and her two accomplices accused in the insurance-related killings will be tried in the High Court in Polokwane in October next year.  …

FILE | Forensic services at the site of the building collapse The George Municipality in the Western Cape says it has withdrawn an almost R10 million claim against the owners of the collapsed building property in Victoria Street for recovery costs. This comes after news that the site will be auctioned later this month so…

[File photo] Bullets seen at a crime scene. Police are investigating an attempted murder case following a shooting in Vosloorus, Gauteng, on Monday night.  The shooting involved businessman Brown Mogotsi. Mogotsi is one of the implicated people in the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of…

Backshot of initiates walking in the mountain. The Eastern Cape Department of Traditional Affairs says they are pulling all stops to ensure there is no loss of life, during the upcoming summer initiation season in the province. The department says it will train over 400 traditional surgeons and assistants across the province, as part of…

KZN Premier Thami Ntuli with SAPS officers at Golela Border KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has called for the national government to engage with Mozambique and eSwatini to address escalating cross- border crimes in northern KwaZulu-Natal.   Ntuli held a crime Imbizo in Ngwavuma where he met affected communities.   For many years, residents who own…