Mpumalanga

Two suspects, aged 31 and 38, are expected to appear before the Nelspruit Magistrates' Court on Monday, 09 October 2023 after they were arrested by members of the Nelspruit Flying Squad on Friday. On Friday, 06 October 2023 at about 02:00, Flying Squad members responded to information regarding a truck which was loaded with railway [...]

Samantha Gaunche (35) was remanded in custody by the Delmas District Court on 02 October 2023 for a formal bail application scheduled for 09 October 2023 after her appearance for allegedly running over her husband, Jansen Van Rensburg (50) with a vehicle. According to information, Gaunche and Van Rensburg were at a friend's place at [...]

A 36-year-old suspect will join his two accomplices in police custody following the armed robbery that took place at Kwaggafontein Police Station on 15 June 2022. The suspect was arrested in Ekangala on Wednesday 04 October 2023 whilst in possession of an unlawful firearm and ammunition. He appeared in the Ekangala Magistrate's Court for the [...]

The Hawks Secunda based Serious Organised Crime Investigation with the assistance of Pretoria Forensic Laboratory operationalised information about a clandestine laboratory at residential premises in Secunda. The team confirmed the information, and a search and seizure warrant was authorised and executed on the same day. During the search and seizure operation, manufacturing equipment and chemicals [...]

The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has welcomed a hefty sentence imposed on a 65-year-old rapist for raping a 10-year-old girl. He was sentenced by the Nkomazi Regional Court on Wednesday, 27 September 2023. The court heard how the accused would lure his victim to his residential place [...]

After a failed hijacking attempt, a 17-year-old from Shatale and his accomplice allegedly gunned down a tuckshop owner, Mr Edwin Malele (55). He was reportedly shot at a Four-Way-Stop in Shatale near Bushbuckridge in the early hours of yesterday, Sunday 01 October 2023 at about 02:30. According to information, the victim who owns a tuckshop [...]

The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has hailed the life sentence handed down to Luthando Lungisa Zozo (38) who brutally murdered his girlfriend, Ms Akhona Myolwa (36) in Standerton two years ago 2021. The court heard how Zozo shot Myolwa multiple times when they were in a car [...]

Members of the public in Wakkerstroom reportedly played a pivotal role in the arrest of 12 suspects aged between 18 and 27. This is after a murder incident in which a 26-year-old male victim from EsiZameleni in Wakkerstroom possibly died from a stab wound in the early hours of Sunday, at about 02:50. According to [...]

Police in Belfast are calling upon the community to assist in identifying a man whose burnt body was found along Stofburg Road, Palmer turnoff in Belfast today at about 07:00. According to a report, the Police received information about an absurd scene where a man's body was burnt and was lying next to the road. [...]

The fire that broke down in Eskom Thuthuka Power Station in Standerton led to the arrest of five suspects who were caught red handed, digging up and skinning copper cables valued at about R3200 on 29 November 2022 at about 00:50. On that day, the security personnel on duty received a call regarding a fire [...]

The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has welcomed a well-deserving sentence imposed on a poacher by the name of Lucky Mabunda (43). The accused was sentenced by the Skukuza Regional Court on Thursday, 28 September 2023 during the time he was serving another sentence of 18 years’ at [...]

A suspect in his early 20's was arrested during Operation Shanela for allegedly selling liquor inside a Spaza Shop in Standerton. Approximately 332, 69 litres of alcohol valued at about R20 000 was confiscated on Saturday, 30 September 2023. During the operation, police noticed suspicious movements and gatherings at this premises which also operated as [...]