12-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot During Hunting Expedition; Man Arrested and Charged with Murder

12-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot During Hunting Expedition; Man Arrested and Charged...

A man has been arrested and charged with murder following the alleged accidental shooting death of a 12-year-old girl from Krugersdorp during a hunting...
Woman Held After Bloemfontein Police Recover .38 Revolver at Vehicle Checkpoint

Woman Held After Bloemfontein Police Recover .38 Revolver at Vehicle Checkpoint

A 29-year-old woman is facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition after Bloemfontein Flying Squad officers intercepted a suspicious vehicle during...
Six Suspects Arrested in Bloemfontein Kidnapping Rescue Operation

Six Suspects Arrested in Bloemfontein Kidnapping Rescue Operation

A coordinated tactical response by the South African Police Service (SAPS) Parkweg Client Service Centre and the Bloemfontein Flying Squad resulted in the rescue...
ANC Moves to Remove Matjhabeng Mayor Amid Governance Crisis

ANC Moves to Remove Matjhabeng Mayor Amid Governance Crisis

The Executive Mayor of Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Thanduxolo Khalipha, faces imminent removal from office after the African National Congress (ANC) Regional Executive Committee in...
Teboho Lesekele Sentenced to 15 Years' Imprisonment for Rape

Teboho Lesekele Sentenced to 15 Years’ Imprisonment for Rape

The Sasolburg Regional Court has convicted and sentenced 36-year-old Teboho Lesekele to 15 years' direct imprisonment for rape. The sentence was handed down on...
Bloemfontein Drug Bust: Anti-Gang Unit Seizes Mandrax, Cocaine and Crystal Meth in Coordinated Raids

Bloemfontein Drug Bust: Anti-Gang Unit Seizes Mandrax, Cocaine and Crystal Meth...

Two alleged drug dealers were taken into custody and multiple illicit substances confiscated during a targeted law enforcement action carried out by the Provincial...
Serial Offender Sentenced to 46 Years' Imprisonment for Gender-Based Violence and Assault Crimes

Serial Offender Sentenced to 46 Years’ Imprisonment for Gender-Based Violence and...

The Free State Crime Detection unit has welcomed a substantial sentence handed down by the Hennenman Regional Court against 40-year-old Katleho Kganare, who received...
Two Suspects Arrested for Unlawful Possession of Explosives

Two Suspects Arrested for Unlawful Possession of Explosives

Two men in their 40s from Gqeberha were arrested on Wednesday, 27 May 2026, following the discovery of unlawful explosives at a residence in...
Joint Operation Seizes R23,000 in Illicit Cigarettes

Joint Operation Seizes R23,000 in Illicit Cigarettes

A joint intelligence-led law enforcement operation conducted on Wednesday, 27 May 2026, resulted in the seizure of illicit cigarettes valued at R23,000 and the...
Mangaung Protest Organisers Vow to Escalate Shutdown Action

Mangaung Protest Organisers Vow to Escalate Shutdown Action

The National Service Delivery Forum (NSDF) says it will intensify protests in Mangaung until government authorities respond to demands over service delivery, jobs, infrastructure...
Over 140 Arrested as Service Delivery Protest Disrupts Free State Towns

Over 140 Arrested as Service Delivery Protest Disrupts Free State Towns

BLOEMFONTEIN, Free State — More than 140 individuals have been detained in connection with public violence and looting targeting foreign-national-owned shops in Bloemfontein, as...
Tensions Erupt in Rocklands as Police Fire Rubber Bullets Amid Protest, Looting

Tensions Erupt in Rocklands as Police Fire Rubber Bullets Amid Protest,...

BLOEMFONTEIN, Free State – Community members in the Rocklands area of Bloemfontein allegedly looted a local bottle store and several other shops on Wednesday morning,...