Police officials seen visiting Reiger Park on Monday. Some people in Reiger Park, east of Johannesburg, say they hope that the plans by Acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia, to end the ongoing gang violence in the area are not just empty promises. Cachalia and high-ranking police officials held a ministerial stakeholder engagement with community leaders,…
Brothers Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande are accused of orchestrating AKA and Tibz murders. Two brothers – Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande – accused of murdering music rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane in Durban in 2023, are expected to be brought back to South Africa from Eswatini on Tuesday to stand trial….
Retired Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Police Chief Revo Spies gives evidence at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on November 11, 2025. Retired Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Police Chief Revo Spies says Acting Deputy EMPD Chief Julius Mkhwanazi was at the scene of a Meyerton business when copper was confiscated and stolen…
Image of prison cell The Circuit High Court sitting at George in the Western Cape has sentenced a man to life in prison for hacking his wife to death with a panga in 2022. 34-year-old Rodney Witbooi was also sentenced to 15 years for attempted rape, 15 years for attempted murder, seven years for…
Outside the KwaZulu-Natal High Court. Some alleged instigators who were members of the social media groups which incited public violence during the 2021 July civil unrest had international links to countries like Cuba. This was the testimony of the state’s first witness, Hawks Major-General Gopaul Govender, who is the National Co-ordinator for Unrest Investigations. Govender…
Road block with Johannesburg Metro Police Department members stopping traffic under the Road Traffic Infringement Agency. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) says the constant postponements in the roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto), proves that the system is unworkable in its current form. The Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, has…
Motorists have been urged to delay travel on the N3, in the Free State following an accident involving 3 vehicles and 4 fatalities. Four people have been killed in a crash involving two cars and one heavy motor vehicle on the N3 south, 13 kilometres south of Villiers, in the Free State. N3 Toll Route…
Benches inside of a court. The state is meticulously continuing with its case to prove the relationship between alleged underworld figure, Nafiz Modack and his co-accused, Zane Killian. Earlier, the prosecution put it to Modack that he had enlisted the services of Killian to ping the phone and location of anti-gang unit member, Charl Kinnear,…
Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia. Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, says a plan has been put in place to tackle gang violence in Westbury and Reiger Park, including an increased deployment of officers on the ground. Cachalia was speaking following a meeting in Westbury attended by top police brass, including National Police Commissioner,…
Two teenagers have been arrested for rape. Another teenager in Limpopo has been arrested for allegedly raping his younger sibling. Police say a 13-year-old boy allegedly raped a five-year-old child at their home at Mundzedzi Village outside Louis Trichardt. Police Spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the incident allegedly happened inside the house. At Makumeke village outside…
