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Suspect wounded after fatal shooting in Pretoria CBD

Suspect wounded after fatal shooting in Pretoria CBD

Pretoria Central SAPS have made an arrest in an incident where a suspect aged 38 randomly shot in the CBD which led to the...
Highly wanted serial rapist arrested, Lephalale

Highly wanted serial rapist arrested, Lephalale

The South African Police Service in the Lephalale Cluster conducted a successful sting joint operation composed of various Police Units including the Family Violence,...
Four appear in court for dealing in diamonds, Ladybrand

Four appear in court for dealing in diamonds, Ladybrand

Four suspects appeared in the Ladybrand Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 4 December 2018 after they were arrested by the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Unit...
Flying Squad recover hijacked vehicle and firearms, CT

Flying Squad recover hijacked vehicle and firearms, CT

The swift response by members of Maitland Flying Squad led to the arrested of two suspects after following up information about a hijacked vehicle...
Two dangerous criminals escape, Johannesburg. Photo: SAPS

Two dangerous criminals escape, Johannesburg

Police have launched a manhunt for two awaiting trial prisoners who escaped at South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 5 December 2018...
Cogta continues to engage Khoisan Council

Cogta continues to engage Khoisan Council

The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has committed to continue to engage the National Khoisan Council (NKC) as part of the...
SA exits technical recession in third quarter

SA exits technical recession in third quarter

South Africa has come out of a technical recession with the economy growing by 2.2% in the third quarter of 2018, said Statistics South...

Informal miners risk their lives to make R25 from a wheelbarrow...

Sibongile Mhlongo is one of a group of women from Mndozo village near Newcastle who have resorted to digging for coal to to eke...

PRASA spent millions on automated gates that don’t work

After the gruelling ordeal of commuting to Cape Town on dangerously overcrowded Metrorail carriages because of a severe shortage of train sets, passengers are...
15 arrested after Global Citizen concert

15 arrested after Global Citizen concert

Police Minister Bheki Cele says 15 suspects have been arrested so far for various crimes that took place around the Global Citizen concert in...
Attacks on the elderly: Paralysed woman (87) severely beaten in her bed

Attacks on the elderly: Paralysed woman (87) severely beaten in her...

"Crimes committed against the elderly should be seen as crimes committed against the whole community" as said by Motherwell Cluster Commander, Major General Dawie...
Farm attack, victim ambushed, shot at, Apiesrivier, PTA

Farm attack, victim ambushed and shot at, Apiesrivier, PTA

A farm attack took place in Apiesrivier, north of Pretoria, Gauteng Province and was reported on twitter by Ian Cameron of AfriForum on 4...