Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his two companies will rejoin the remaining accused in the R228 million SAPS Medicare24 tender corruption case when the matter returns to the Pretoria Regional Court on Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Matlala’s matter was postponed in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court today, Friday after his
A suspect wanted in connection with the April ambush that claimed the lives of two KwaZulu-Natal Crime Intelligence officers was shot and fatally wounded during a police operation in Inanda today, Friday morning. Five other suspects, who police say are alleged accomplices, were arrested in a coordinated intelligence-led operation across
The KwaZulu-Natal Murder and Robbery Unit detectives have arrested a suspect who was wanted for the killing of nine people in Sydenham in October 2021. The suspect was arrested at Obuka area in Melmoth on Wednesday night. According to reports on 16 October 2021, six people were shot and killed
GIYANI — Prominent Giyani businessman Howard Alex Mashaba, 45, has been fined a combined R25 000 after being convicted of intimidation and contravening a protection order. Mashaba was sentenced by the Giyani Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, following his conviction on two counts arising from incidents involving a
JOHANNESBURG — “Majority of the wardens are in on everything here.” The allegation appears almost casually in a private WhatsApp conversation obtained exclusively by MDNtv. But read alongside the messages that precede it, the sentence raises a question the Department of Correctional Services has so far not answered. An account
BOKSBURG – A fresh allegation has emerged in the Reiger Park murder case after the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court heard that accused number one, Reagan Cheslin Collis, was allegedly found in possession of a cellphone while behind bars for a second time. Prosecutor Leswikane Mashabela told the court on Wednesday that
Police in Jouberton, Klerksdorp, are appealing to the public for information that could help locate 22-year-old Mantsane Letlaka, who has been missing since January 2025. Letlaka was last seen by her mother on the evening of 9 January 2025 when she left home with a friend and did not return.
The defence for Tshwane Metro Police Department officer Peter “Gagash” Nonyane and his wife, attorney Charlotte Tibana, has asked the Limpopo High Court in Polokwane to remove their bail appeal from today’s roll. The couple faces 43 charges, including fraud, theft and money laundering, linked to allegations that about R6
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya, has been transferred to the high-security Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria following intelligence reports suggesting a serious escape risk and threats to witnesses. The 59-year-old senior official appeared briefly in the Randburg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where his case was
Tsakane Matlala, the wife of controversial businessman and alleged underworld figure Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, has been granted R20,000 bail by the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Her co-accused, Given Mokofane and Claudette Masethe, were also released on the same bail amount. The trio, who were arrested by police following a
