Illegal miners arrested at Sheba Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga as part of the SAPS’ Operation Vala Umgodi on August 1, 2025. Mpumalanga Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC Jackie Macie has raised concern over the increase of crimes in the Barberton area, especially illegal mining. Macie spoke outside the Barberton Magistrate’s Court following the appearance…
Accused in Senzo Meyiwa’s murder trial at the High Court in Pretoria on August 30, 2023. Four of the accused in the former Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa murder trial have abandoned their bid to have charges against them dropped. Only one accused, Mthokoziseni Maphisa will continue with the application to have charges against him…
Graphic depicting a crime scene Four people were fatally shot in two separate incidents at New Brighton in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape last night. Police Spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says the first incident occurred at Nikiwe Street where two males and a female were allegedly shot and killed by two unknown males who entered the…
Police station The parents of a two-year-old boy and four-year-old girl from Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg have been arrested on charges of attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice. This after the mother confirmed to police that her partner has been allegedly sexually abusing and assaulting the children. The girl child is fighting…
Crime scene in Eldorado Park. An Eldorado Park ward councillor, Juwairiya Kaldene has asked the community to pray for a 4-year-old girl reportedly on life support at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. The little girl was allegedly assaulted by her own father in Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg this week. Gauteng police are yet…
National Schools Nutrition programme Service providers in KwaZulu-Natal are calling on Premier Thami Ntuli to act swiftly against Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka. There are claims that Hlomuka manipulated the bidding process for the school nutrition programme, with an aim to benefit a company linked to his relatives. It is alleged that several companies associated with prominent…
The trial of the six men accused of the mass murder of 18 people at Ngobozana Village in Lusikisiki last year has been postponed until Friday by the special sitting of the Mthatha High Court in the Eastern Cape. On Thursday, the state called a police crime scene expert as its only witness. The court…
Court proceedings from the Limpopo pig farm murder trial, 07 August 2025. One of the defence lawyers in the killing of two women whose bodies were fed to pigs at a farm at Onverwacht, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, has welcomed the withdrawal of charges against his client. Former accused number two, Rudolf de Wet, had…
A police officer wears a bullet-proof vest. Police in KwaZulu-Natal say they have made over 12 000 arrests for a variety of crimes committed in the province during specialised operations and routine policing last month. 331 firearms and 16 000 rounds of ammunition were recovered. Crimes related to murder, attempted murder and assault recorded the…
Menstruation Foundation charity The University of the Western Cape has launched its Students On The Go programme, which is about installing sanitary pad vending machines aimed at making sanitary pads available to students who need them. This is part of a nationwide programme at five universities, sponsored by a well-known chain store. After applying for…
