NPA says there is insufficient evidence to prosecute students arrested during protests

NPA says there is insufficient evidence to prosecute students arrested during...

The NPA has decided not to prosecute students who were arrested during protests in Braamfontein this week. The students, who were mostly from...
Serious crimes: Gauteng detective service only able to apprehend 28,65% of suspects

Serious crimes: Gauteng detective service only able to apprehend 28,65% of...

The FF Plus is concerned about the low success rate of the Gauteng police detective services caused by shortcomings in the support system, which...
Investment scheme fraudster arrested, Johannesburg

Investment scheme fraudster arrested, Johannesburg

Njabulo Nkomo (49) accused of masterminding a quarter of a million rand investment scheme fraud has been remanded in custody by the Palm Ridge...
Bystander killed in Wits student protests

Bystander killed in Wits student protests

A bystander was killed in Braamfontein on the third day of Wits student protests on Wednesday. Police allegedly shot the man several...
Gauteng Broadband Network project: AG finds R354 million irregular expenditure

Gauteng Broadband Network project: AG finds R354 million irregular expenditure

The alarm bells are ringing with regard to the Gauteng Legislature e-government Department after the Auditor-General (AG) found R354 million in irregular expenditure relating...
Home invasion: Man (73) burnt with hot water, Acron Park

Home invasion: Man (73) burnt with hot water, Acron Park

Two men, aged 38 and 73, were injured on the morning of 10 March 2021, in a home invasion in Acron Park. At 09:30,...
Man shot dead during a protest, Braamfontein. Photo: Arrive Alive

Man shot dead during a protest, Braamfontein

Netcare 911 responded to a shooting on the corners of De Beer and Stiemens Streets in Braamfontein. Reports on 10 March 2021, indicate that...
Farm attack, 3 attackers invade home with crowbars, man hospitalised, Rietfontein

Farm attack, 3 attackers invade home with crowbars, man hospitalised, Rietfontein

A farm attack took place on 9 March 2021, at 22:30 on a smallholding in Drift Blvd, Rietfontein, Muldersdrift in the Gauteng province of...
Gauteng police recover 448 unlicensed and illegal firearms in 1 week

Gauteng police recover 448 unlicensed and illegal firearms in 1 week

The efforts to recover weapons used in the commission of serious and violent crimes proves to be successful as Gauteng police seized 448 unlicensed...
False purchasing orders - R2,5 million theft, duo appear in court

False purchasing orders – R2,5 million theft, duo appear in court

Two suspects, a male and a female aged 30 and 48 are expected to appear before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on...
Only 61% of Gauteng police members declared competent to use a firearm

Only 61% of Gauteng police members declared competent to use a...

It is unacceptable that out of the 33 535 police officers in Gauteng, only 61% were declared competent to use a firearm during the...
Honeydew FCS unit tracks down kidnapped boy (2), arrest suspect

Honeydew FCS unit tracks down kidnapped boy (2), arrest suspect

Honeydew Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit leave no stone unturned in locating a kidnapped two-year-old child and apprehending a 36-year-old...