Operation Vala Umgodi team arrests fifteen suspects during illicit mining disruptive actions; ammunition seized

Operation Vala Umgodi team arrests fifteen suspects during illicit mining disruptive...

Operation Vala Umgodi team arrested fourteen (14) undocumented persons aged between 18 and 41 during illicit mining disruptive policing actions in Free State Province....
Operation Vala Umgodi secures sentencing of five foreign nationals for possession of unwrought precious metals

Operation Vala Umgodi secures sentencing of five foreign nationals for possession...

Teboho Kolokotoane (37) was sentenced to serve time in prison or pay R20 000.00 for possession of suspected gold bearing material by Welkom Magistrate’s...
Operation Vala Umgodi continues to make inroads against illicit mining threats in the Free State

Operation Vala Umgodi continues to make inroads against illicit mining threats...

Operation Vala uMgodi operators arrested a 29-year-old Zimbabwean for possession of suspected gold bearing material and gold processing equipment in Doorn near Welkom. The...
Maleroele Molato from Naledi village in Qwaqwa still lives in the mud hut even though the department’s records show she was allocated a RDP house in 2010. Photos: Tladi Moloi

Pensioner who was allocated an RDP house 15 years ago still...

Officials from the Free State Department of Human Settlements have promised to help a 75-year-old widow get a house after her mud hut...
Operation Vala Umgodi team arrests six suspects for conspiracy to commit crime of illicit mining and aiding illegal underground miners

Operation Vala Umgodi team arrests six suspects for conspiracy to commit...

A joint team of South African Police Service and South African National Defense Force members deployed for Operation Vala Umgodi in the Free State...
Farmer in the dock for allegedly setting his own grain harvester on fire

Farmer in the dock for allegedly setting his own grain harvester...

A fraud case dating back to 2016 has been successfully cracked by the Provincial Commercial Crime Investigation Unit (CCIU) in the Thabo Mofutsanyana District...
Operation Vala Umgodi team continues to deal with crimes related to illicit mining

Operation Vala Umgodi team continues to deal with crimes related to...

Joint Operation Vala Umgodi team that includes the South African Police Service, South African National Defence Force and Department of Home Affairs continue to...
Brother's dispute over injured dog turns deadly

Brother’s dispute over injured dog turns deadly

A 29-year-old man from a farm near Warden, has been arrested by Harrismith police for the alleged murder of his brother following a violent...
Bloemfontein CBD robbery, two arrested, victims urged to come forward

Bloemfontein CBD robbery, two arrested, victims urged to come forward

Parkweg police have apprehended two suspects in connection with a violent robbery captured in a chilling video currently circulating on social media. The incident...
Farmer loses over R2,8 million in an investment scam

Farmer loses over R2,8 million in an investment scam

Acting Provincial Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) Brigadier Paulus Mbongo would like to warn the public about putting their hard-earned...
Farm murder in Thaba Nchu

Manhunt launched following farm murder in Thaba Nchu

On 20 March 2025, at approximately 02:00 police were summoned to a farm outside Thaba Nchu for reports of murder. It is alleged that...
Parkweg police on a hunt for two gunmen who shot and killed a cyclist on the N1

Parkweg police on a hunt for two gunmen who shot and...

manhunt has been launched and community assistance is sought after two males were attacked and one shot dead on the N1 near Southpark dumping...