Knysna’s 'Day Zero' Efforts Intensify as Residents Rely on Aid for Basic Water Access

Knysna’s ‘Day Zero’ Efforts Intensify as Residents Rely on Aid for...

The Knysna Municipality has announced a significant escalation of water security interventions in a coordinated effort to avert a total system collapse, referred to...
Police Arrest Two for Drug Dealing

Police Arrest Two for Drug Dealing

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at approximately 04:35, members of the Piketberg SAPS arrested two males, aged 39 and 47, for dealing in drugs. During...
Two Firearms Recovered, One Arrested in Cape Town Anti-Gang Operation

Two Firearms Recovered, One Arrested in Cape Town Anti-Gang Operation

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, the Anti-Gang Unit conducted an intelligence-driven operation at an address in Springfield Terrace, Cape Town. Police acted on credible information...
Illegal Alcohol Plant Discovered During Firearm Search

Illegal Alcohol Plant Discovered During Firearm Search

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at approximately 22:30, police discovered an illegal alcohol manufacturing plant at a premises on Antilope Street, Uitzicht, Kraaifontein. The discovery...
Police Launch Manhunt After Triple Murder in Gordon's Bay

Police Launch Manhunt After Triple Murder in Gordon’s Bay

Western Cape police are searching for gunmen who killed three men in Gordon's Bay on Tuesday evening. The shooting occurred at approximately 21:30 in the...
Suspect Arrested with Drugs, Linked to Attempted Murder Case

Suspect Arrested with Drugs, Linked to Attempted Murder Case

On Wednesday, 28 January 2026, Darling police arrested a 30-year-old Malmesbury man for drug dealing and linked him to an attempted murder investigation. Acting on...
Six alleged scammers and twenty-five call-centre agents were arrested in Johannesburg

Six alleged scammers and twenty-five call-centre agents were arrested in Johannesburg

The suspects, aged 38 to 61, were arrested in a joint operation involving the Gauteng Hawks, SARS Forensic Investigation, INTERPOL, SABRIC, Standard Bank, and...
Hawks Arrest Five for R12 Million Fraud

Hawks Arrest Five for R12 Million Fraud

In a significant crackdown on corporate fraud, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) has arrested five individuals and four companies on charges...
Tired of waiting for state support, people who lost their homes in the 9 January Doornbach fire have begun building new shacks and laying foundations for brick homes where their shacks once stood. Photo: Peter Luhanga.

Fire survivors rebuild with bricks despite City regulations

More than ten brick homes have risen from the ashes in Doornbach despite City of Cape Town regulations barring permanent construction on municipal...
Suspect Charged in Mass Shooting

Suspect Charged in Mass Shooting

Western Cape police have arrested and charged a 19-year-old suspect in connection with the murder of nine people at a shebeen in the Marikana...
Two Arrested, Rifle Seized

Two Arrested, Rifle Seized

Early Thursday morning, police arrested two men and seized a rifle hidden under a wooden floor during a raid in Makhaza Kraal, Khayelitsha. Acting on...
Illegal Firearm Found Hidden at Mitchell's Plain Church Premises

Illegal Firearm Found Hidden at Mitchell’s Plain Church Premises

Mitchell’s Plain SAPS members discovered a hidden firearm and ammunition while inspecting a local church on Wednesday. During routine patrols on Hazeldene Drive, officers stopped...