A 59-year-old South African Police Service officer holding the rank of Lieutenant General was arrested today, Monday on charges relating to the alleged sexual grooming of a 16-year-old girl and the alleged r**pe of an 18-year-old woman. The arrest was carried out by the Commissions Recommendations Task Team (CRTT), the
POLOKWANE — Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) Constable Peter “Gagash” Nonyane and his wife, attorney Charlotte Tibana, are expected to appear before the Polokwane High Court on Wednesday to appeal the decision denying them bail. The couple’s bail appeal follows the Polokwane Magistrates’ Court’s decision to deny them bail in
The Hawks are appealing to the public for information that could help locate Cardoso Missuque, 36, a Mozambican national who failed to appear in the Standerton Regional Court on 17 July 2026 after being released on bail. Missuque is wanted in connection with an alleged multi-million-rand underground mandrax laboratory uncovered
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that Lawrence Mudzinganyama handed himself over to authorities following a massive public outcry over a viral video filmed at a Sandton establishment. Mudzinganyama was arrested at the Randburg Police Station and subsequently released on a warning. He is scheduled to make his
The tragic murder of Jabulile Ntimba, the ninth woman found dead in the Ekurhuleni region over the last two months, appears to be the result of a love triangle rather than a serial killer. Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, the Deputy National Police Commissioner for Policing, confirmed the breakthrough to the
In a decisive move to halt the wave of mysterious murders plaguing the region, Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia has officially drafted two of South Africa’s most formidable law enforcement heavyweights into the investigation. Liuetenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Dumisani Khumalo have been brought in to reinforce a high-level,
In a decisive move to restore public confidence and reform its core anti-corruption unit, National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andy Mothibi has ordered comprehensive lifestyle, skills, and qualifications audits within the newly established Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC). The sweeping mandate comes in the wake of intense public and
Police have arrested three suspects one man and two women in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found in Dawn Park, Boksburg, last week. The Gauteng Murder and Robbery Unit arrested the trio over the weekend. They are expected to appear in the Boksburg Magistrates’ Court
A 52-year-old South African man has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after arriving from Accra, Ghana, with substances suspected to be heroin worth more than R2 million. SAPS and the Border Management Authority (BMA) intercepted the man today, Sunday during an intelligence-led operation. A search of his luggage
Police are investigating a case of intimidation after a man allegedly threatened a woman and her companions at Vlamo Restaurant in Sandton Gate on Thursday, 18 September 2026, at about 20:15. The woman was attending a private birthday dinner when the man approached the group and offered to take photographs.
