Marikana informal settlement erupts in protests

During protests over a lack of services in Marikana, Phillipi East, at least five vehicles, including a Golden Arrow Bus and two trucks from...

More illegal firearms recovered, Mitchells Plain cluster

Police in the Mitchells Plain Cluster participated in efforts to remove unlicensed firearms in the community. Grassy Park police on patrols in the early...

Mother can’t afford to bury her son, found dead days after...

On Monday 10 June, police told the family of Sipho Mpinda, a 22-year-old man with intellectual disability, that he had been found dead. On...

Cape Town storm pics: informal settlements hard hit by high winds

On Saturday Lizzy Mathiso woke up to find the creche she owns and runs in Lwandle in shambles. Two classrooms which cater for 54...

Man arrested for possession of unlicensed firearm, Bonteheuwel

Bishop Lavis police committed to remove unlicensed firearms from their streets and create a safer environment, on 21 June 2019, while on patrols the...

Brutal Stellenbosch murder of Marie Verwey (81), 4 suspects sentenced

The Stellenbosch Detectives, Sergeant Adams and Sergeant Appollis thorough investigation skills ensured conviction of four men on a murder case of 81 year old...

Gardens shopping centre CIT robbery, 3 suspects in court, CT

Sithandile Banayi (35) appeared in two respective courts on 20 June 2019, on several charges that include cash-in-transit heist robbery, possession of hijacked vehicle...

Housebreaking drug dealer arrested with stolen firearm, Saldanha

An intelligence driven operation conducted by a multidisciplinary team led to the arrest of a 35 year old male in Saldanha on 18 June...

Flying Squad arrest three hijackers, Cape Town

Flying Squad members were patrolling in Weltevreden road on 17 June 2019 when they saw a suspicious vehicle, a white Opel Corsa. Upon testing...

Mandrax and tik recovered, 2 arrested, Lentegeur

Efforts to rid the communities of illegal substances in the Western Cape province produces positive outcomes daily. The members attached to Lentegeur police station...

Seizure of firearms, ammunition and drugs, Cape Town

Police members attached to Provincial Intervention Team observed a suspicious Mini Cooper with two occupants in Gugulethu in the early hours of 17 June...

Farm attack, elderly couple brutally assaulted by 3 attackers, Citrusdal

A farm attack took place in Vuurgat (Vlakrug), Citrusdal, Western Cape province. An elderly couple from Saldanha who were visiting at the home were...