A crime scene cordoned-off. 1 minute The police’s forensic experts have made their way at the Solo restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg. This comes after a shooting incident occurred at the restaurant on Thursday evening. Three people were shot dead, while four others, including two regular customers, were wounded. According to the police, two AK-47 rifles…
SAPS to destroy confiscated drugs 2 minutes The National Police Commissioner Fanie Masemola says the police will today destroy drugs worth over R300 million in street value. He was briefing the media earlier ahead of the Forensic Science Laboratories in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape overseeing the destruction of illicit drugs through incineration. These…
The drug laboratory was discovered by members of crime intelligence and Gauteng Organised Crime Unit at a plot on the outskirts of Westonaria. 1 minute Gauteng police have discovered a drug laboratory worth more than R10 million and arrested two suspects, aged 51 and 49, during a raid in Westonaria. The operation was carried out…
The aftermath of heavy rains and winds in the Eastern Cape. 1 minute More than ten households at Mpunzana Village outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape have been destroyed by a storm, while it is alleged that several people have been injured in the nearby Macosa Village. The storm that happened yesterday has also destroyed…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. 2 minutes The government has vowed to intensify efforts to revitalise and rejuvenate Johannesburg and return it to its former glory. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the establishment of the Presidential Johannesburg Working Group. Ramaphosa is meeting with the Executive Committee of the Johannesburg City Council which…
Evidence items seen at a crime scene. 1 minute Serious crimes in Gauteng have reduced by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter of the 2024/25 financial year. This was announced by Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, earlier today. Mthombeni was addressing the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety, focusing on crime trends between October…
HIV medication 2 minutes Botswana has reassured foreign inmates, including South Africans and Zimbabweans, serving time in the neighbouring country that the southern African country’s government will not falter in providing them with free antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). This is despite the decision of halting foreign health assistance by the US administration under President Donald Trump….
DA branded microphone and flags seen at a press briefing. 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has sought to clarify its recent visit to the United States, saying that it was aimed at providing fact-based information to the Trump administration. This is as relations between the US and South Africa remain tense following a termination…
1 minute A police officer, who is a third witness in the case of the disappearance of seven-year-old Joslin Smith, will today continue to testify in the High Court in Saldanha Bay Circuit in the Western Cape. LIVE STREAM:
1 minute Gauteng police say one of the deceased from Thursday night’s shooting at the Solo restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg, had two pending cases of attempted murder. The shooting left three people dead and four others injured. According to police spokesperson, Brigadier Brenda Murudili, a man with a firearm wanted to enter the restaurant which…
