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Gunman opens fire on 7 people, killing 4, Creighton

Gunman opens fire on 7 people, killing 4, Creighton

It is alleged that on 3 June 2020 at 17:30, seven people were at Centocow in Creighton when the perpetrator showed up and opened...
Drug lab raided: R10 mil worth of drugs uncovered, Marblehall

Drug lab raided: R10 mil worth of drugs uncovered, Marblehall

In a concerted effort by members of the South African Police Service to rid this province of the prevalence of illicit drugs, two suspects...
Alleged bee frontier charged for tender fraud

Alleged BEE frontier charged for tender fraud

Pierre Gideon Schreuder (57), briefly appeared at the Bellville Specialized Commercial Crime court on Tuesday after he was arrested by the Hawks for alleged...
Pick n Pay armed robbery suspect arrested

Pick n Pay armed robbery suspect arrested

On 18 August 2017 at about 08:45, four men, 2 armed with a firearms entered the Pick n Pay store in Linton Grange, Kabega...
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,...
White learners: FF Plus requests investigation into Lesufi derogatory statements. Photo: Die Vryburger

White learners: FF Plus requests investigation into Lesufi derogatory statements

As the first in a series of steps to be taken against Panyaza Lesufi, the Gauteng MEC for Education, the FF Plus, on 18...

Meet Adriaan du Toit, the ‘independent’ geologist who trolls environmentalists and...

A consulting geologist whose work enabled a controversial Australian mining company to win a further new prospecting right on the West Coast, has repeatedly...
Illicit cigarettes worth R22 million confiscated

Illicit cigarettes worth R22 million confiscated

On Sunday morning, 05 November 2023 at about 10:30 members attached to the Anti Economical Infrastructure Task Team and Provincial Extortion Task Team swiftly...
South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has had to intervene to protect judges from unfair criticism. GCIS/Flickr

Critics of South Africa’s judges are raising the temperature: legitimate, or...

The South African judiciary is once more centre stage in the political drama unfolding around the battle for supremacy within the governing African National...
R684k worth of drugs recovered, Motherwell

R684k worth of drugs recovered, Motherwell

The police’s mandate is to fight against the proliferation of drugs and crime therefore every effort must be made to stop this illicit trade...
Farm murder of Mark Regal (50) - Detained suspect could be linked through DNA. Photo: Oorgrens Veiligheid

Farm murder of Mark Regal (50) – Detained suspect could be...

Two years after a farmer and one of the attackers were killed during a farm attack, a suspect could be linked to the attack...
29 Cattle stolen from Vlakkuilen farm, farmers assist in recovery, Bethal

29 Cattle stolen from Vlakkuilen farm, farmers assist in recovery, Bethal

The collaboration between members of the SAPS Stock theft Unit, Rural Safety and Bethal Farmers Forum has led to a recovery of 29 cattle...