The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court has on the 3 June 2025 sentenced Abednego Desmond Mbuyane (39) to 12 years’ direct imprisonment for housebreaking and the murder of his wife’s boyfriend, Thamsanqa Sbusiso Nkosi. The conviction relates to an incident that occurred on 15 April 2023 at Kwanyoni
Four accused, Bekuyise Cebekhulu 58 from KZN, Jimmy Sibeko 44 Gauteng, Busisiwe Skhosana 52 Gauteng and Bogadi Mahisa 49 Gauteng appeared before the Roodepoort Magistrate Court on Tuesday, 03 June 2025 for incitement to commit public violence. National Hawks Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Katlego Mogale said court appearance emanates from
Radisebo Jacob Sebatli, also known as Seun or Sompo, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment by Bloemfontein High Court on Friday 30 May 2025. Radisebo (31) was arrested for the gruesome murder of his 23 year old girlfriend in Naledi Park, Botshabelo. The police were called to a crime
A month ago, the MEC for CoGTA and Human Settlements Mr. Saki Mokoena learnt about a house in Thaba Nchu that was damaged by an extricated roof from a nearby church following heavy rainfall. The house belonged to 77- year old Mme Nelly Sempe. MEC Mokoena visited Mme Sempe and
The multi-disciplinary, integrated Operation Vala uMgodi continues to yield significant successes in the Free State Province, demonstrating the effectiveness of collaborative efforts to combat illegal mining. Free State Policespokesperson Sergent Mahlomola Kareli said it was on Tuesday, 3 June 2025 at approximately 06:00, combat operators, working in close cooperation
As our waste crisis deepens, South Africa’s landfills risk looming exhaustion, experts warn. According to Mark Williams-Wynn of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), the country urgently needs alternative waste disposal methods that will serve to support the existing waste hierarchy – reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, and
A 50 year old Lesotho National Sangoma, Sebokoana Khounyana appeared at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates’ Court on the 30 May 2025 on charges of premeditated murder and Human trafficking of a 02-year-old baby Kutlwano Shalaba. A charge of premeditated murder was added against the mother Kuneuwe Portia Shalaba (32), who
Northern Cape Division of the High Court granted Hawks Asset Forfeiture Investigation and National Prosecuting Authority‘s Asset Forfeiture Unit, a forfeiture order to two vehicles with a combined value of R265 000. According to the Northern Cape Hawks Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Tebogo Thebe in the first case that happened
The crime along the Lesotho-Free State border has reached the level of a low-intensity war. Roy Jankielsohn Democratic Alliance spokesperson on Agriculture in the Free State Legislature said besides the theft of cattle farm equipment, vehicles and criminal syndicates who use the porous border to distribute illicit goods, the
The police arrested two suspects on the N3 near the Roadside policing precinct following a road blockage by a number of trucks, which were left unattended with no keys. Fezile Dabi Policespokesperson Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring it was on Monday, 2 June 2025 at approximately 06:30, the police received
