Crime scene. The state has added another case to the ongoing trial linked to the killing of 18 people at Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape last year. The trial of the six accused has been adjourned until tomorrow by the Mthatha High Court Special Sitting in Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court. The state has…
Four people lost their lives after their bus lost control Northern Cape police are investigating a case of culpable homicide following a fatal bus crash that claimed the lives of four passengers today. The crash happened when a long-distance bus that was traveling from Johannesburg lost control and overturned on a bridge between Britstown and…
SAPS ‘arrest’ graphic. Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a KwaDukuza Local Municipality official Nokulunga Happiness Mashabane at the end of June. The 31-year old Mashabane’s body was found inside her vehicle along the Zinkwazi Link Road in the early hours of the morning. A private security firm worked with…
Guns and ammunition. Eastern Cape police have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the murder of the Chief Whip in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Xoliseka Lali. He was arrested in Mthatha following an intensive police investigation. He further led investigators to a friend’s house where three unlicensed pistols and ammunition were recovered. Lali was…
Police vans at the scene of an arrest. Gauteng police have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with a stolen vehicle and found unlicensed ammunition in his possession. The suspect was nabbed during Operation Shanela in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Provincial Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says the vehicle crime investigation unit confirmed that the…
X- The South African Police Service Gauteng police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, says they are working closely with their counterparts in KwaZulu-Natal to unlock syndicates operating in the two provinces. This follows revelations by KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of criminal syndicates having infiltrated the criminal justice system. This week, police announced that the firearms including…
Doctor’s stethoscope. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says the Health Professions Council of South Africa will decide on recommendations made by the Health Ombud into the deaths of two patients at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital, and the admission of two others at the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital. This follows a report released by…
Mr Jerry Boshoga Police have dismissed what it says are misleading and false information claiming that kidnapped Pretoria businessman, Jerry Boshoga, has been found dead. The SAPS has confirmed that investigations into Boshoga’s kidnapping is at an advanced stage. The businessman has not been found alive nor deceased. Boshoga was last seen on November 18th…
FILE | Mandrax drugs. A woman and two others arrested after a video shows the mother allegedly encouraging her four-year-old child to smoke drugs are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court this morning. The footage widely shared on social media further shows the woman placing a bottle neck with a lit mandrax drug…
Beds inside of a healthcare facility. The Gauteng Health Department says it has implemented measures to curb hospital-acquired infections, which are also known as nosocomial infections. These are infections that patients can contract while receiving treatment for other conditions at medical facilities. Such infections can lead to serious and sometimes life-threatening complications. During a recent…
