Gauteng

The concerted efforts of law enforcement agencies in Gauteng to deal with illicit trading of counterfeit goods and contraband continue to produce positive results as they arrests two men and seized counterfeit goods to the value of more than R17million. On 31 August 2023, a search and seizure operation was conducted at Marabastad in Pretoria [...]

The building in which 74 people died as a result of a fire belongs to the City of Johannesburg but was “invaded and hijacked”...

The death toll from a fire which engulfed a five story building in the Johannesburg inner city in the early hours of Thursday morning...

Two suspects Lembethe Ndima (41) and Sibuyakunye Mhlongo (33) were on Saturday, 26 August 2023 arrested in Ennerdale Johannesburg for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Members of the Soweto Flying Squad arrested the pair during a routine patrol in Ennerdale and seized one VW Polo Sedan during the apprehension. On Sunday, 27 August 2023 [...]

Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has expressed optimism about progress made so far on the Sedibeng Sewer Scheme Project and Vaal River System. This...

PRETORIA - The National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), General Fannie Masemola has commended police for the swift arrest of a 38-year-old suspect who shot and killed two police officers in the Northern Cape on Tuesday morning. 35-year-old Constable Okaetse Mandindi and 45-year-old Sergeant Kedimetse Masilo who are both attached to the [...]

GAUTENG – Two suspects aged (27) and (28) were arrested in Madadeni KwaZulu-Natal on 21 August 2023, by members of the Germiston based Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation (SOCI) for the murder of Constable Siyabonga Thango (32) who was fatally wounded during a robbery that took place at a liquor store in Vosloorus on 21 [...]

GAUTENG – On Friday, 18 August 2023 members of the Hawks’ Germiston based Serious Organised Crime Investigation (SOCI) arrested two suspects for the illegal possession of a pangolin in Primrose, Germiston. Information was received about two suspects in transit in an e-hailing vehicle suspected to be in possession of a pangolin. When members of the [...]

GAUTENG – Two suspects aged 21 and 27 were arrested in Thembisa on Sunday, 20 August 2023 for illegal possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition which has been linked to a cash-in-transit heist that took place in Carletonville. Members from the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in the West Rand received information about two [...]

PRETORIA – Six accused, Phakamani Vincent Hadebe, Mhlangano Phinda Ndlovu, Sanele Mbhele, Siphakanyiswa Dladla, Zitha Radebe and Siphiwe Thabane Mazibuko were all found guilty and sentenced by the South Gauteng High court today, 22 August 2023 for the brutal murder of Ms Babita Deokaran. It was reported that on 23 August 2021, the then employee [...]

With South Africa hosting the 15th Summit of BRICS nations next week, roads near the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg will be closed. Motorists have...

GAUTENG – Molefe Rapooie (27) was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, on 14 August 2023 by the Johannesburg High Court for the murder of Sergeant Lasi Max Siweya (46) who was killed at Muzikinya hostel, Reigerpark in Boksburg on the 26 March 2022 where he was following up on a lead about a [...]