The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Free State has made a significant breakthrough in the ongoing investigation into the kidnapping of 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi. Free State Policespokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Mokhele has confirmed that a 42-year-old police sergeant has been taken in for questioning and detained in Bloemfontein.
South Africans came together on Saturday to bid farewell to Dr Tshenuwani Dean Farisani — a man whose life was defined by faith, resistance, and a deep commitment to justice. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a moving eulogy at Farisani’s Special Official Funeral at the University of Venda in Thohoyandou,
A quiet visit to her partner’s workplace ended in tragedy for a 51-year-old woman from East London, who died under troubling circumstances in a Mthatha hospital on Friday. The woman had reportedly gone to see her 57-year-old partner at the car dealership where he works on May 31. What
For more than a year, Zamile Nongogo played a quiet but costly role in a scheme that left a financial institution short by over R600,000. Now, the 56-year-old from the Eastern Cape has been sentenced to six years in prison — though he won’t be serving time immediately, as the
Cikwazi Manzini, an African female estimated to be in her late thirties, is currently at Heidedal Police Station in Mangaung Metro – Free State Province. According to Cikwazi, she hitchhiked from her parents’ home in Khayemnandi – Despatch on Monday 2 June 2025 and reached Bloemfontein midweek. Cikwazi then
The Eastern Cape MEC for Health, Ms. Ntando Kazi Capa, has announced that all provincial rescue teams have been placed on full standby as the province braces for severe weather conditions forecast by the South African Weather Service. According to the latest advisory, damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and a
Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae refuses to give up hope on the safe return of missing Kamogelo Baukudi. The Grade 11 pupil at Martie du Plessis High School in Bloemfontein was abducted on Thursday, 05 June, after two men impersonating officers stopped the vehicle he was travelling on. They allegedly told
The Hawks Nelspruit based Serious Organised Crime Investigation led joint operation resulted in the arrest of a 25 year old suspect linked to the murder of a police officer in Lillydale, Culcatta last Friday, 30 May 2025. According to the Mpumalanga Hawks Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Màgonseni Nkosi the police
Four suspects will appear in court to account for their involvement in a stock theft incident in the district. Free State Policespokesperson Capt Loraine Earle said it was In the early hours of 6 June 2025, at around 03:00, when vigilant members of the Ventersburg SAPS observed a heavily
The Rehabilitation program of the Eastern Cape Department of Health, in collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (CoJC LDS), ceremonially displayed progressive hearing screening and diagnostic equipment for infants at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital. “We are implementing combined hearing and
