A suspect is in police custody after being caught stealing municipal electricity cable in Queendustria, while two others fled the scene around 12pm today. A local business owner witnessed three men digging up the road, exposing the power…
The Embassy Church has asked for prayers for the Durban family of an 11-year-old girl who was tragically killed when a take-out meal turned into tragedy on Wednesday during a hijacking. “It is with deep sadness that we release the news of…
The elimination of late payments‚ extortion‚ protection fees and construction site takeovers is crucial for the growth of the construction industry in South Africa. That is the view of deputy public works and infrastructure minister Sihle…
Five suspects were arrested in an intelligence driven operation that was conducted by members of SAPS from Amathole and Chris Hani Districts with the assistance from specialised units that include K9, Flying Squad and a private security…
A fake builder conned a pensioner into giving him more than R500‚000 to “pay for his brother’s wedding”‚ his “daughter’s operation” and his “tax debt”. A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the scam by the Hawks’ Gqeberha…
Police commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola on Thursday presided over the destruction of drugs worth about R90m in Cape Town. The drugs were confiscated during police operations in the Western and Eastern Cape at roadblocks and tracing…
The woman who allegedly tried to kidnap the four-year-old fled when the child was discovered in a suitcase. Police are searching for a Soweto woman who allegedly drugged a neighbour’s four-year-old daughter and put her in a luggage bag in…
Operation Shanela resulted into the arrest of three suspects who were found with drugs in Komani and Thornhill. The arrest was made by SAPS members attached to Chris Hani District Task Team on Friday, 12 January 2024. SAPS Captain…
Two men caught in separate incidents speeding on the N1 freeway were arrested on Tuesday evening in Sandton and Midrand. The Gauteng traffic police high-speed unit arrested a 26-year-old speedster in Sandton driving a blue BMW M3 Coupe at…
More than R8m worth of copper cables belonging to the eThekwini municipality‚ Transnet‚ Telkom and Prasa has been seized from a scrap dealer’s yard in KwaMakhutha‚ south of Durban. Durban metro police said in a statement the copper cables…
Thirteen people will appear in an Eastern Cape court on Wednesday after they were caught with suspected stolen cables worth nearly R2.5m. The group‚ aged between 21 and 57‚ were nabbed early on Monday morning in two separate operations by…
Janna Fourie was shot and killed near her home on Friday evening‚ according to police. A traumatised Westbury woman has opened up on the final moments leading up to the death of a 12-year-old girl who was gunned down in the gang-torn…
A Ford Mustang driver who clocked more than 160km/h in an 80km/h zone is among the eight motorists arrested in Midrand at the weekend. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla said the high-speed unit conducted enforcement on the R55 and Maxwell…
One of the people accused of helping rapist and murderer Thabo Bester to escape from Mangaung Correctional Centre has told the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court he received no money and was not involved in facilitating the matter. The bail…
A Durban man has been caught allegedly stealing flowers from graves which he sold to bereaved families at a cemetery‚ then reselling them. Chatsworth Crime Watch said on its Facebook page that the man was arrested at Shallcross Muslim…
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has speculated that the late rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes was targeted for assassination. AKA was gunned down outside a popular restaurant in Durban on Friday evening‚ a fatal shooting which also…
Seven relatives, aged between 29 and 79, were gunned down while mourning the death of another family member near Qunu in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday night. The group was allegedly attacked by armed gunmen in Tantseka village in Sithebe…
Police have appealed to the public to assist with information that could lead to the arrest of a murder suspect(s) after a 44-year-old woman was found dead in Nomzamo, Mlungisi on Monday. Police spokesperson captain Namhla Mdleleni said…
Romay van Rooyen was found dead in her home on Saturday. Her car was stolen‚ but nothing else was taken. Police minister Bheki Cele has visited the family of slain magistrate Romay van Rooyen in Marina Da Gama‚ Cape Town. The minister…
