Burglar shot and killed after scuffle with RUSA officer, Phoenix
A suspect was shot and killed after he attempted to deprive a Reaction Officer of his firearm in Phoenix, KZN on Sunday 27 January...
Gang members sentenced to fifteen years for murder, Bloemfontein
Three gang members who caused mayhem in the Free State areas of Mangaung and Pelonomi in August 2016, when they targeted and killed two...
Fatal strangling of police officer in police cells: Prisoners sentenced
Four men accused of killing a police officer, Warrant Officer John Ngwane in June 2015 were sentenced on 29 January 2019, by the Esikhaleni...
Fraud and forgery: Former Sanlam financial advisor sentenced to 10 years
A former Sanlam financial advisor, Francois Marthinus Labuschagne (51), has been slapped with a ten year sentence after he was convicted in the Bellville...
Mob sets elderly couple (75 and 80) alight with burning tyres
The police at Masoyi have arrested an elderly couple aged between 75 and 80 on allegations of murdering their grandson. The arrest of the...
Rhino horn pieces worth R2 mil recovered at ORTIA
Two suspects aged 36 and 40 years were arrested on 28 January 2019, at OR Tambo International airport with 10 pieces of rhino horn...
Mitchells Plain CPF executive wounded in ‘rival gangs’ shootout
The investigation led by detectives attached to the Anti Gang Unit into the attempted murder of a Mitchells Plain Community Policing Forum (CPF) executive...
Hijackers arrested within minutes, Uitenhage cluster
Resolute efforts by SAPS officials to meticulously address trio crimes in the Uitenhage Cluster, paid off on 28 January 2019, when police officials responded...
64 firearms seized in SAPS operation, KZN
Police officers from Public Order Police in KwaZulu-Natal, Tactical Response Team with the Provincial Task Team conducted operations from 4 to 24 January 2019...
Farm attack: 2 Elderly woman tied up, 1 attacker shot dead,...
Swift response by SAPS ensured the swift arrests of two suspects after a farm attack and house robbery took place on a farm in...
Afriforum: Farm attacks increase in 2018, new action plans for 2019
During 2018 there was a decrease in farm murders, but a sharp increase in farm attacks. This indicates that even though the problem is...
Double standards: Fees must fall, public violence left ‘unpunished’
'Fees Must Fall' Bonginkosi Khanyile has been found guilty of public violence and sentenced to three years' house arrest and a R5000 fine. It...
