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Murder: Woman (55) fatally shot, Butterworth

Murder: Woman (55) fatally shot, Butterworth

Butterworth Police are investigating a murder case of a 55 year old woman. It is alleged that the woman was fatally shot in the...
Community members apprehend two armed robbers, Centane

Community members apprehend two armed robbers, Centane

Centane Police arrested two men aged 23 and 27 for possession of unlicensed firearm, a pistol. It is alleged that the two suspects attempted...
Farm foreman and security officers arrested for murder after assaulting thieves

Farm foreman and security officers arrested for murder after assaulting thieves

On 22 May 2019 three men were assaulted by security officers and a foreman after they were caught allegedly attempting to steal maize at...
Six suspected house robbers arrested in Worcester. Photo: SAPS

Six suspected house robbers arrested in Worcester

Alert SAPS members arrested six suspected house robbers in Worcester early on 25 May 2019, during routine patrols in the area. At about 04:10,...
Nelspruit school burgled of all its computer equipment

Nelspruit school burgled of all its computer equipment

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma condemned the callous burglary into a school and theft...
Two arrested with car full of stolen clothing, Jeffreys Bay. Photo: SAPS

Two arrested with car full of stolen clothing, Jeffreys Bay

Two suspects, a man and a woman, driving a rental motor vehicle, were nabbed with clothing items valued at around R15 000 in the...
Farm attack, 7 balaclava clad attackers overpower farm workers, Hartbeespoort

Farm attack, 7 balaclava clad attackers overpower farm workers, Hartbeespoort

A farm attack took place on 23 May 2019, in Hartbeespoort, North West province. Seven attackers with balaclavas attacked three workers and stole a...
Two farm attacks in the Walkerville area, Gauteng

Two farm attacks in the Walkerville area, Gauteng

Two farm attacks have taken place in the Walkerville area, in the Gauteng province. The attacks took place on nearby smallholdings. In the one...
Boland: Four farm attacks in six days. Photo: AfriForum

Boland: Four farm attacks in six days

The civil rights organisation AfriForum is aware of four farm attacks in the Paarl, Stellenbosch and De Doorns areas that were reported between 18...
170 Farm attacks and 20 farm murders but an exorbitant inauguration planned. Photo: AfriForum

170 Farm attacks and 20 farm murders but an exorbitant inauguration...

AfriForum condemns the decision by the presidency to press on with the exorbitant inauguration ceremony on 25 May 2019. In spite of the presidency’s...
Two dangerous Middledrift escapees re-arrested, remaining one sought

Two dangerous Middledrift escapees re-arrested, remaining one sought

The Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga has applauded what she described as “a remarkable breakthrough” in the search for the most dangerous prisoners...
Two metro police officers gunned down, robbed of firearms, Durban

Two metro police officers gunned down, robbed of firearms, Durban

The National Commissioner of Police, General Khehla John Sitole has welcomed the arrest of three men in connection with the cold and callous killing...