Mpumalanga

Yet another attack on a small holding in Mpumalanga has set the alarm bells ringing, and it is clear that this province is being targeted by farm attackers. On Tuesday evening, an elderly woman, the 75-year-old Ms Adele Kimble, was overpowered and brutally assaulted in her home on her small holding on the Uitkyk Road [...]

NELSPRUIT - The number of CIT, ATM and Drop in safe bombings in the province necessitated the Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela to give directives that police have to establish those involved in crippling the provinces economy, the supplies of both explosives and firearms. Mpumalanga SAPS Crime Intelligent [...]

NELSPRUIT - Police in Calcutta responded to a call from a tracking company which alerted them about the Toyota Quantum hijacked at Bushbuckridge last Sunday 06 August 2023 at about 22:45. When police stopped and searched a similar vehicle with different registration plates, the search led to the recovery of the vehicle which was reported [...]

NELSPRUIT - A 56-year-old truck driver from the Kingdom of Eswatini was arrested for allegedly concealing dagga under the load of coal. The recovery happened in Middelburg yesterday, 08 August 2023. Police received information about a truck that was loaded with coal and underneath the coal there were more than 100 bags stuffed with dagga. [...]

NELSPRUIT– The community of Mbuzini made the shocking recovery of a new born baby girl, found alive and concealed in a plastic bag at the local sports field. According to information, the discovery was made by children who were playing around the sports field yesterday afternoon, Sunday 06 August 2023, at about 15:00. The children [...]

NELSPRUIT - Police's speedy response to a tip-off paid off when a 33 year old suspect was nabbed with explosives at Hlapetsa, Dientjie yesterday morning, Friday 04 August 2023. After receiving information, police kept a close surveillance on the suspect whilst strategising the execution plan. Police stormed the suspect's RDP family house at about 03:30. [...]

NELSPRUIT - Middleburg Flying Squad foiled a planned hijacking when a 37-year-old on duty Tshwane metro police Constable and his two accomplices aged 33 and 34 year old were arrested for allegedly conspiring to hijack the truck believed to have been carrying a lot of stock. The arrest was carried out on the N4 around [...]

MPUMALANGA - The Provincial Head of the Hawks issued a stern warning to all drug dealers that Mpumalanga is not a free pass-through for drugs. This comment came after the arrest of two foreign nationals who were caught in possession of compressed dagga on Wednesday, 2 August 2023 at the Lothair policing area. The Secunda [...]

NELSPRUIT - A 32-year-old suspect was arrested during a foiled business robbery in Witbank yesterday, Tuesday, 01 August 2023 at about 18:50. The suspect allegedly entered the restaurant in the city centre and pretended to be a customer. He then pulled out an object which resembled a firearm, put it on the counter and demanded [...]

Four suspects aged between 16 and 19 were arrested in less than two hours after they brutally murdered Theo Bekker (79) and injured his...

A farm murder took place early on the morning of 30 July 2023, on a farm in the Grootvlei area, South of Balfour, in...

The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has send condolences to the family of a Police Constable, identified...