Police forensics at the scene of the shooting The case against five people arrested in connection with the Westbury mass shooting incident, has been postponed to Wednesday next week. The incident claimed the lives of two teenagers last month. The five appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court facing charges of murder and attempted murder. They…
Graphic depicting assault The Middelburg High Court in Mpumalanga has sentenced a former female police officer to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting her 12-year-old son in 2020. The accused has been convicted for sexual assault and production and possession of child pornography. It was revealed in court that the 42-year-old mother experienced personal…
A South African Police Service graphic, illustrating a hunt for shooting suspects. Three men were shot and killed in a suspected gang-related drive-by shooting in Manenberg on the Cape Flats earlier on Thursday. Western Cape police say the three died in a hail of bullets when unknown assailants opened fire on them in Renoster Road….
One of the accused Fisokuhle Ntuli pictured in court. The Presiding Judge in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial Ratha Mokgoatlheng has ordered that accused number five, Fisokuhle Ntuli, be taken to a medical facility for treatment. Ntuli, who is one of the five accused on trial for Meyiwa’s 2014 murder, arrived late at the High…
Chief of Staff in the Police Ministry Cedrick Nkabinde testifies before Parliament’s Adhoc Committee. The Chief of Staff in the Police Ministry says he was a very close friend of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Cedrick Nkabinde is appearing before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee. Mkhwanazi had told the committee that Nkabinde confessed to him that…
[file] A picture that shows South African Police cars Police in Mpumalanga are searching for suspects involved in the murder of a seven-year-old girl in Delmas. Thandolwethu Mahlangu was found dead in Delpark Extension 2 after she was reported missing by her mother on Tuesday, as she failed to return home. Her body…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s Chief of Staff Cedric Nkabinde Nkabinde is giving evidence in Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town on November 13, 2025. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s Chief of Staff Cedric Nkabinde says Mchunu felt the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) was targeting him instead of focusing on the murder of his security…
City Power offices in Johannesburg. City Power in Johannesburg says it expects to fully restore power to an area on Bree Street in the city centre by Monday next week. This follows an explosion at a substation. The power utility says electricity has already been restored to some customers. Technical teams are on site to assess…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is briefing the media briefing in Durban. It’s believed Mkhawanazi will address issues raised at the Madlanga Commission, including those pertaining to Durban businessman James Stuart Scharnick. Live proceedings below:
A classroom with school furniture. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says school safety should be a collaborative effort of government departments, communities and local municipalities. This Commission launched its annual “State of Schools Report” in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The 2025 report highlighted systemic challenges such as school safety and pit latrines. “The issue of…
