Over 26 000 suspects arrested in Gauteng since October: Mthombeni

Gauteng police check motorist vehicle during Safer Festive Season campaign. Gauteng Police Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni says over twenty-six thousand offenders have been arrested by police for numerous criminal acts such as murder, car-hijacking, possession of illegal firearms and ammunition since October this year. Mthombeni revealed these stats during the Safer Festive Season…

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Gauteng govt targets vlogging, child safety in road crackdown

Gauteng Traffic Police in operation The Gauteng government has raised serious concerns about motorists speeding and failing to wear seatbelts, children sitting on their parents’ laps, vlogging, and drink-driving on the province’s roads. This comes as the Premier’s Office, Gauteng Transport and Law Enforcement agencies conducted stop-and-search operations at the De Hoek Toll Plaza Tuesday…

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Alleged criminal cartel kingpins dominate 2025 court headlines

Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala appears in the High Court in Johannesburg on October 20, 2025. Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was arrested in May this year and has been accused of orchestrating the failed assassination of his ex-partner, Tebogo Thobejane, in October 2023. After spending months at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility in Pretoria, Matlala attempted…

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Booi family calls for tight initiation school regulations

CONTRALESA President, Chief Lameck Mokoena says initiation schools will have to follow strict COVID-19 regulations. The family of a 19-year-old Onalenna Booi, who died at an initiation school at Dithakong outside Mahikeng, North West, has called on the government to enforce more strict regulations for initiation schools. Booi, a Matric learner at Tiego Tawana Secondary…

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Race to appoint next NDPP faces legal hurdle

NDPP The race to find the country’s next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) is facing a legal hurdle. This as the department of Justice and Constitutional Development has received an urgent application filed by B Xulu and Partners Inc, seeking to interdict the appointment of the National Director of Public Prosecutions. The said South…

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