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Dagga worth R400k smuggled in from Swaziland, 3 arrested. Photo: SAPS

Dagga worth R400k smuggled in from Swaziland, 3 arrested

On the morning of 27 January 2018, at 06:00, the Provincial Drug unit members were conducting their crime prevention duties when they received intelligence...
Sunnyside hijacking, man arrested vehicle recovered, Mamelodi

Sunnyside hijacking, man arrested vehicle recovered, Mamelodi

A joint crime prevention operation between the South African Police Service and their Metro police counterpart ensured that one hijacker is removed from our...
Rapist engraves names and insults on body with soldering iron

Rapist engraves names and insults on body with soldering iron

The Provincial Commissioner of the Police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma welcomed the life sentences imposed by the Circuit of the North Gauteng...
Stolen copper wire, 3 arrested, Praktiseer. Photo: SAPS

Stolen copper wire, 3 arrested, Praktiseer

Police continue to win the battle against criminal activities around the province. This is after a tip off led to the arrest of three...
ATM cut open, 6 arrested, Strand. Photo: SAPS

ATM cut open, 6 arrested, Strand

Partnership policing is one of the Western Cape SAPS's strategic objectives and is aimed at ensuring that perpetrators are brought to justice. On Friday,...
Raid nets 8 suspects, recovers assortment of drugs, Phoenix

Raid nets 8 suspects, recovers assortment of drugs, Phoenix

A multi disciplinary operation was carried out by various units at Swallowhaven Road, in Phoenix where they recovered drugs. The team comprising of Provincial...
Terms of Reference for State Capture Inquiry released

Terms of Reference for State Capture Inquiry released

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has published the Terms of Reference for the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in the...

Yellowwood Park girl kicked in head during traumatising home invasion

A Yellowwood Park father was lucky to escape a shooting uninjured when armed robbers opened fire on him after assaulting him and his children...

Parents blame unqualified teacher for poor results

Parents and teachers of learners at Middle Zolo High School in Nqamakhwe are desperately looking for another school for the grade 12 class. Last year’s...

Dlamini accused of ‘parallel decision making’

Former South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Chief Executive Officer, Thokozani Magwaza, told a hearing on Friday that Social Development Minister, Bathabile Dlamini’s “workstreams”...

Did Steinhoff’s board structure contribute to the scandal?

The global retail group Steinhoff is reeling under allegations of accounting fraud. Since the allegations surfaced last year the CEO of the multi-billion dollar...

Is South Africa seeing a return to the rule of law?...

It appears as if the Gupta family, known for being politically connected to South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and accused of “state capture”, have...