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Acornhoek hijacked bakkie recovered, suspect arrested, Hazyview

Acornhoek hijacked bakkie recovered, suspect arrested, Hazyview

A suspect, aged 56, arrested on 25 June 2022 for possession of a suspected stolen vehicle at Phola, near Hazyview, was remanded in custody...
Elephant tusks and ARV medication recovered, 6 arrested

Elephant tusks and ARV medication recovered, 6 arrested

A crime intelligence driven operation yielded successes when six suspects were arrested in Itsoseng in the afternoon on Monday, 11 June 2018. Provincial Stock Theft...
Exorcism murder of 2 girls (9), pastor and relatives remanded in custody

Exorcism murder of 2 girls (9), pastor and relatives remanded in...

On 2 June 2020, the accused Makhosonke Sibisi (31), Nkosingiphile Sithole (35) and Nompumelelo Langa (25) briefly appeared at the Nkandla Magistrates’ Court facing...
Corruption: Hawks arrest Thohoyandou prosecutor

Corruption: Hawks arrest Thohoyandou prosecutor

The Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team has arrested a 48 year-old prosecutor for alleged corruption in Thohoyandou. The suspect who operates from the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s...
SAPS granted interdict in Labour Court in respect of 10111 strike

SAPS granted interdict in Labour Court in respect of 10111 strike

Further to the media statement below, issued on the morning of 11 August 2017, the South African Police Service (SAPS) can report that the...
Man sentenced to 15 years for rape of woman (67)

Man sentenced to 15 years for rape of woman (67)

The Tsomo Regional Magistrate’s Court sentenced 40 year old Fezile Sivanjani to 15 years imprisonment for the rape of a 67 year old woman. The...
Woman (74) stabbed to death in her home, Phuthaditjhaba

Woman (74) stabbed to death in her home, Phuthaditjhaba

Police have arrested a 46-year-old man after 74-year-old woman's body was found with a stab wound in her house. It is alleged that on Tuesday,...
Gang rape: Mob castrate and fatally assault suspect, Ivory Park

Gang rape: Mob castrate and fatally assault suspect, Ivory Park

Police are warning members of the community against taking law into their own hands after a man is believed to have been castrated and...
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77-year-old injured after being robbed in Verulam

A 77 year old man suffered minor injuries yesterday after being robbed by 2 suspects while walking on Todd Street, Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal. At approximately 14:25...

Policeman wounded during violent protests, land grabs, CT

Police in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, came under fire from people blocking streets and land grabbing in the area. One police officer was wounded after...
Illicit drugs taken from the streets of Napier and Worcester

Illicit drugs taken from the streets of Napier and Worcester

Attempts by a taxi driver to evade vigilant SAPS Napier members, who were busy with crime prevention patrols, was foiled when the members spotted him turning into an isolated street in Napier. On Thursday, 12 October 2023 at approximately 23:00, visible policing members conducted crime prevention patrols in Main Street when they saw a suspicious [...]
Red flag campaign: TLU SA warns of land panel implications for all landowners. Photo: TLU SA

Red flag campaign: TLU SA warns of land panel implications for...

The controversial Land Panel Report does not only hold far-reaching consequences for agriculture but will affect every landowner in the country. TLU SA realised...