In a major step forward, police have made their first arrest in the high-profile murder of Marius van der Merwe – better known as Witness D from the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. A dedicated task team, set up on the President’s orders by National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola, took
The family of the young man who was gunned down with his friend want justice. Litha Govuza and his friend who cannot be named because he fears for his were shot while waiting for their orders in a foreign national tuckshop on February 19. Unfortunately Govuza was declared dead when
The High Court of South Africa, Mpumalanga Division convicted and sentenced Innocent Sthembiso Maseko (35) to life imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend, Mbali Lucy Ngubeni, at Silobela in Carolina in Mpumalanga. Maseko and Ngubeni were in a domestic relationship and resided together. According National Prosecuting Authority(NPA) Monica Nyuswa
Hawks members from Durban Serious Organised Crime Investigation in KwaZulu Natal (KZN) arrested Kwanele Khatheni (27) for murder of Sergeant Sanele Dlamini (37) who was fatally shot at Inanda last year. Khatheni was apprehended in his hideout place on Wednesday and appeared in Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court on Friday. KZN Hawks
The Eastern Cape Division of the High Court held sentencing proceedings in Burgersdorp in Limpopo, where 52-year-old Nokuzola Nxilolo and 44-year-old Mzamo Ciko were sentenced on two counts of murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Police reports suggest that the pair received five years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit
The Johannesburg High Court in Gauteng has set a trial date for alleged crime kingpin Katiso “KT” Molefe and his three co-accused following a pre-trial hearing on Thursday. The proceedings will run from October 26 to December 4, 2026. Molefe, 61 who is alleged to be the big top five
🚨 Tensions rise in Johannesburg as Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department officers are forced to run for their lives after alleged land grabbers reportedly pelt them with stones during a confrontation. The shocking incident highlights the growing tensions around land occupation and illegal land grabs in parts of South Africa. In
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane is heartbroken after a 16-year-old Grade 9 boy from Badirile Secondary School in Khutsong, Carletonville, died today following a stabbing during a fight on school grounds. The incident unfolded on Thursday morning, 12 March 2026, when the Grade 9 learner was allegedly attacked by a
The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gauteng sentenced the former Steinhoff at Work, Group Audit Executive Hein Odejdaal (67) to four years direct imprisonment or fine of R2 million. Odendaal was further sentenced to two years imprisonment wholly suspended for a period of five years, on condition that
Interpol National Central Bureau in Pretoria and SAPS arrested three (3) Somalian nationals for fraud and corruption during disruptive operations executed at land border posts from 27 February 2026 to 11 March 2026 in Mpumalanga. According to SAPS Spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Mukhathi on 10 March 2026, Interpol NCB
