Handcuffs and fingerprints. More than 90 suspects have been arrested for sexual offences in just one week across South Africa. This is part of a 90-day nationwide operation led by the South African Police Service. The intensified blitz aims to fast-track efforts to combat and prevent gender-based violence and femicide in the country. SAPS spokesperson,…
Torrential rains and localized flooding reported in the Durban Area. Durban’s eThekwini Municipality has warned residents to be aware of possible disruptive rainfall in the region. This follows a Level 2 weather warning issued by the South African Weather service for disruptive rainfall and isolated showers in parts of the province this morning continuing into…
Hospital ward. More than 20 initiates have been admitted at George Masebe Hospital outside Mokopane in Limpopo due to alleged botched circumcision. The initiates are from three different initiation schools in the Bakenberg area. According to information, the initiates are in a stable condition. This week, two initiates died in hospitals in separate incidents in…
Police say three suspects including a 14-year-old boy have been arrested on the Cape Flats on separate incidents for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Police spokesperson, Malcolm Pojie says members of the Anti-Gang Unit acted on information about a firearm at a premises in Woodlands. Pojie says the officers conducted a search at…
The 87-year-old Limpopo woman who was hacked to death, allegedly by her 40-year-old son, is being laid to rest at Sebora village, Ga-Mashashane outside Polokwane on Sunday. Raesibe Ledwaba, was killed last week. Police say the body parts were found inside three plastic buckets. The discovery was made when police responded to a missing person’s…
Copper cables in a vehicle Three men aged between 30 and 64 have been arrested in connection with theft of eThekwini Municipality’s electricity infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal. According to the municipality, the trio pretended to be municipal contractors and used a vehicle bearing the name ‘Isithebe Electrical’. They were allegedly found in possession of two sealed…
Vehicle the drugs were transported in An accused drug dealer has appeared in the Mokopane magistrate’s court in Limpopo. The foreign national’s case has been postponed to Monday for bail application. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says Patrick Onjejeke was arrested while allegedly transporting drugs from Polokwane to Mokopane. “Police received credible information regarding a suspect…
SAPS officials searching a field Free State police have retrieved the body of 20-year-old, Andile Zungulwa who was reported missing from an initiation school, at Theunissen. Zungulwa was reported missing from the initiation school by his aunt, last week. He had fled along with other initiates when the school was attacked by a group of…
Person walks past Eskom powerlines A community leader at Botlokwa village outside Polokwane, Limpopo, Jeffrey Ntata is calling on Eskom to stop blanket load reduction. Ntata says Eskom should only punish consumers who buy fraudulent electricity tokens and those who have tampered with the meter boxes instead of implementing blanket load reduction. Several areas which…
Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi has approved the NPA’s request for the holding of a joint inquest into the deaths of Sipho Samuel Hashe, Qaqawuli Godolozi and Twasile Champion Galela, who were known as the PEBCO three. Eastern Cape NPA regional spokesperson Luxolo Tyali says the three were…
