Retired Anti-Gang Unit Head, Major-General Andre Lincoln (left) with President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute The African National Congress in the Western Cape has called upon the provincial government to grant Cape Town police Major-General André Lincoln an official Provincial Funeral. He died at home in the early hours of this morning. Lincoln was in his…
Prison cells 1 minute A former councilor in the Okahlamba Municipality at Bergville in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has been sentenced to life imprisonment after the Ladysmith Regional Court found him guilty of murdering his fiancé and their three children. Forty-eight-old Michael Buthelezi was a DA councilor when there was a fire at his home in the…
Police graphic on CIT robbery, 2 minutes Three men believed to have been involved in a cash-in-transit heist on the R56 near Richmond in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been fatally wounded during shootouts with police in various areas around Durban Thursday night. A bystander was shot dead and a child wounded in a failed heist. KZN…
Depiction of violence against women. 1 minute The North West provincial government has called on victims of gender-based violence not to drop cases against their perpetrators. They made the request during a men’s march in Mahikeng. Crime statistics for the fourth quarter indicates that the province recorded a decline of 4.8 percent in gender-based violence…
2 minutes Residents of an Amanzimtoti apartment complex, south of Durban, have expressed shock after a police shootout led to the death of Philangenkosi Makhanya, the main suspect in the murder of 30-year-old Olorato Mongale. Philangenkosi Makhanya was killed in a shootout with the police. He is one of 3 people the police have been…
[File photo] The late Olorato Mongale 3 minutes The family of Olorato Mongale, the 30-year-old woman whose body was found near Alexandra last week, says they feel a sense of relief after the main suspect in her murder was killed in a police shootout. Philangenkosi Makhanya, the prime suspect, died in a confrontation with officers…
The crime scene where the main suspect in the Olorato Mongale murder case, Philangenkosi Makhanya was shot dead by police in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal on May 29, 2025. 3 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says that the police have detained two suspects who were with Philangenkosi Makhanya, who was the main suspect in the murder…
[File image] Lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats in Brits, North West Province, in South Africa 1 minute Two stray lions have been spotted in the veld in Plange-Mtititi village on the northern side of the Kruger National Park (KNP) in Limpopo. The lions are believed to have escaped from the…
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi leads a community outreach to raise awareness on child maintenance and domestic violence in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape on May 23, 2025. 2 minutes Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says her department is committed to reviewing South Africa’s parole laws as well as the Criminal Procedure Act….
Murder suspect Philangenkosi Makhanya 2 minutes The main suspect in the murder of Olorato Mongale has been shot and killed by police in KwaZulu-Natal. Philangenkosi Makhanya was found by the police in Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. It’s believed he shot at police, who returned fire. Makhanya, together with two other suspects, Fezile Ngubane and Bongani…
