5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (345+ words) The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has secured the conviction of 23-year-old Noluvuyo Sinyikatha for the premeditated murder of six-year-old Likuwe Mpokopi, who was drowned in a river at Ngcanasini, Mqanduli, in August 2024. The Eastern Cape Division of the High Court…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (275+ words) Eastern Cape police said 275 suspects were arrested and illicit goods valued at R15 million were seized following a large-scale, four-day interprovincial cross-border operations. Brigadier Nobuntu Gantana said the high-intensity, zero-tolerance operation ran concurrently from 1 August to 4 September along strategic border corridors…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (221+ words) Eastern Cape police are appealing for information that could assist the investigation into the killing of a headman and his mother, and the attempted murder of a community member. Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa said the incident occurred at Komkhulu Location in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (838+ words) A forensic pathologist’s analysis of Steve Biko’s original 1977 post-mortem has raised questions about the account accepted by the apartheid-era inquest that the anti-apartheid activist suffered his fatal head injuries during a scuffle with security police. Dr Shakeera Holland testified virtually…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (188+ words) Western Cape police said two alleged extortionists from Gqeberha are expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s court on Monday following their arrest in a sting operation on Friday. Constable Ndakhe Gwala said the men, aged, 35 and 47, were arrested at…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (181+ words) Cocaine worth an estimated more than R200 million has been seized in two separate operations at OR Tambo International Airport. A multidisciplinary team of South African Police Service (SAPS) members stationed at the airport and Customs officials made the seizures on…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (175+ words) Western Cape anti-gang unit detectives are investigating two separate triple murders reported on Sunday and early on Monday morning. Police spokesperson, Captain Frederick C. van Wyk, said the first incident was reported on Sunday in Silvertown where police found the bodies…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (197+ words) Eastern Cape police said two “persons of interest” were detained for questioning in connection with the murder of well-known boxer Zolani Tete in Mdantsane on Friday night. “They are in custody and being questioned in relation to the murder, as…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (164+ words) Detectives from the serious violent crime unit in the Western Cape launched a manhunt for the gunmen who shot and killed two people in Knysna on Thursday evening. Provincial police spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa, said according to preliminary reports, the…...

4+ week, 15+ hour ago   (232+ words) Police have arrested three suspects in connection with alleged money laundering and corruption after discovering more than R1.1 million in cash hidden in shoeboxes inside a Ford Ranger Raptor. The arrests were made by the South African Police Service’s Gauteng Counter…...