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Operation nets suspects across Limpopo

Operation nets suspects across Limpopo

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Nneke Ledwaba hailed the arrest of fourteen (14) suspects aged between...
Rape, kidnapping, robbery, man gets double life sentence

Rape, kidnapping, robbery, man gets double life sentence

The relentless efforts of our Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit(FCS) and the criminal justice system in exercising thorough investigations and prosecutions...
Gang of 15 men bomb ATM - Shootout leaves 2 people wounded, Bloemfontein

Gang of 15 men bomb ATM – Shootout leaves 2 people...

During the early hours of Saturday, 15 April 2023, the police received a complaint of a shooting in MacGregor Street, East End Industrial Area...
Westbury gang related activities: Suspect arrested with drugs, firearm

Westbury gang related activities: Suspect arrested with drugs, firearm

Members of the South African Police Service team tasked with fighting gang related activities and fighting the scourge of drugs in the Sophiatown policing...
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Resident stabbed during Pinetown home invasion

A Pinetown resident was stabbed during a home invasion in Willow Crescent in the early hours of Monday morning. Blue Security operations manager Brian Jackson...
More carriages go up in flame, Cape Town railway station. Photo: BKA

More carriages go up in flame, Cape Town railway station

Fire fighters were on the scene trying to extinguish a fire at the Cape Town railway station on 21 July 2018, where numerous railway...
Lize Marais with Milkwood Learning Academy students

Helderberg Hero Fights to Save Special Needs School from Closure

Lize Marais, from the Helderberg region of the Western Cape, embodies determination and compassion as she strives to keep the doors of Milkwood Learning...

Gordhan takes gloves off

In a surprising assessment, former Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, accused Eskom of state capture at the same time minister; Lynne Brown and Eskom's...
Racial politics: TOTALSPORTS removal of Eben Etzebeth posters condemned

Racial politics: TOTALSPORTS removal of Eben Etzebeth posters condemned

The civil rights organisation AfriForum condemns the decision by Totalsports to remove the stand-up posters of Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth from its shops. AfriForum...
NPA refuses to prosecute rape suspect - Private Prosecution Unit continues case in court

NPA refuses to prosecute rape suspect – Private Prosecution Unit continues...

AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit called its second witness on 16 July 2021, in the Regional Court in Somerset East in the prosecution of the...
Suspect arrested for alleged fraud

Suspect arrested for alleged fraud, Bloemfontein

A 63-year-old suspect was summoned to appear before the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court on 18 October 2023 where she will be facing charges of fraud, money laundering, and Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998. It is alleged that on 09 June 2021, the complainant who is a shareholder of Belega Women Investment (Pty) Ltd [...]
Police officer wounded after suspect opens fire, Hendrina

Police officer wounded after suspect opens fire, Hendrina

The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has expressed her serious concern about criminals who launch attacks on...