RUSTENBURG, 22 September 2026 — Three people accused of defrauding the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality of more than R1.3 million have been granted bail of R1,000 each. Vincent Mkhwanazi, 38, Sibusiso Kunene, 44, and Thembeka Zukula, 44, appeared in the Rustenburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. They face charges of fraud,
The State raised concerns about a possible escape plot involving suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Shadrack Sibiya, resulting in his transfer from Johannesburg to Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria. Sibiya, 59, was arrested at a strip club in Rivonia on Monday night. He appeared briefly in the
Western Cape police are investigating a triple murder following a shooting incident in Z Memani Street, KTC informal settlement in Gugulethu on Tuesday morning. According to police reports, Gugulethu SAPS members responded to the scene at about 09:57 and discovered the bodies of three males, who had sustained multiple gunshot
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court today, Tuesday facing five charges, including r*pe, trafficking in persons and s**xual grooming of a child. The 59-year-old officer was arrested on Monday night by members of the Madlanga Commission’s Recommendations Task Team. The State alleges that
Controversial Bishop Dr Azwihangwi Maumela has lashed out at the authorities following the dramatic arrest of a senior South African Police Service (SAPS) Lieutenant General, calling the allegations fabricated and describing the enforcement team’s actions as “witchcraft”. The 59-year-old high-ranking police official was taken into custody at an establishment in
POLOKWANE: Popular Limpopo anti-drug activist and rehabilitation centre owner Tsebe Philemon Moloto, popularly known as “Mr Moloto”, is facing additional charges following his appearance in the Polokwane Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Moloto, the Co_ founder of the Limpopo Anti-Drug, Gangsterism and Crime (LADGAC) rehabilitation centre, was initially facing two counts
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), alongside the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks), executed a major search and seizure raid at the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) head offices in Centurion. The operation targets critical missing documentation linked to a controversial R130 million training tender. The raid follows
North West businessman Brown Mogotsi has lost another bail bid, his fourth since his arrest in May. Magistrate Annalise Tlhapi ruled there were no new facts before the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court, saying the application was a reshuffling of evidence from earlier failed attempts. The court said it could not ignore
North West businessman Brown Mogotsi has suffered another setback in his bid for freedom after his latest bail application was dismissed, with the court finding that the purported new facts placed before it were largely an attempt to remedy shortcomings in his previous applications. Presiding Magistrate Annalise Tlhapi ruled on
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has successfully secured a 10-year prison sentence for 50-year-old Maria Lebeko following her conviction for the murder of a man outside a local tavern in Phatsima. The sentence was handed down by the Tlhabane Regional Court after Lebeko entered into a plea and sentence agreement
