Kenneth Dirk Tucker (61), Steward Beric Brown (60), Jan Albert Marais (48) and Willem Jacobus Swart (38) have appeared before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 for fraud and money laundering. According to the Gauteng Hawks Spokesperson Warrant Officer Thathohatsi Mavimbela the four
A shocking ransom demand has been made for the safe return of Kamogelo Baukudi, a 19-year-old Grade 11 learner from Bloemfontein’s Martie du Plessis Special School. Baukudi was abducted 20 days ago by two men posing as police officers, who stopped a driver sent to pick her up and took
DURBAN – A major breakthrough in the fight against drug trafficking has taken place in KwaZulu-Natal, where police uncovered drugs valued at more than R10 million and arrested a 37-year-old foreign national during a targeted operation in Quarry Heights. Acting on reliable intelligence, members of the Provincial Drugs and
CAPE TOWN — Residents in the Western Cape are grappling with yet another bout of severe weather, as relentless rain, strong winds, and flooding continue to wreak havoc across the region. Communities such as Lotus, Imizamo Yethu, Langa, and Bonteheuwel have been particularly hard hit, with waterlogged streets, damaged
A heartbreaking case continues to unfold as a traditional healer from Lesotho, Sebokoana Khounyana, and a South African mother, Kuneuwe Portia Shalaba, stand accused of the brutal murder of two-year-old Kutlwano Shalaba. In court on Wednesday, Khounyana, 50, chose to abandon his bail application. He is facing charges of
What began as a solemn day of remembrance turned into a violent crisis on the streets of Kenya. Demonstrators who had gathered to mark one year since last year’s deadly protests were met with force, leaving at least eight people dead and over 400 injured. In downtown Nairobi, the
Three men lost their lives in a suspected vigilante-style attack in the Samora Machel township of Cape Town, sparking calls from authorities for public assistance in identifying those behind the killings. The bodies of the victims, aged between 26 and 35, were found early Tuesday morning in separate spots
A third suspect aged (53), has been apprehended by members of the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation on Monday, 23 June 2025 for theft and fraud of over R3 million. The Head of the Hawks in Gauteng, Major General Ebrahim Kadwa has commended the meticulous investigation conducted by the
This evening, the MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, Reverend Musa Zondi, attended a Reception Gala Dinner hosted by KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Mr Thamsanqa Ntuli in honour of the Most Reverend Dr Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Premier
Four Lesotho nationals, Ntisa Mothetho (34), Nthoba David Halahala (35), Molupe Meshack Sekati (36) and Mkhate Clovis Mpholo (36), accused of killing a police officer in Ficksburg who previously Abondoned Bail has now decided to apply for bail All four are set to appear before the Ficksburg Magistrates’ Court
