Three suspects aged between 30 and 47 were caught red-handed stealing fuel during a business robbery at a certain energy depot in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga. The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday, 21 June 2023 around 23:00. SUSPECTS CAUGHT STEALING FUEL South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in Mpumalanga, Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said according to an incident […]

The Department of Home Affairs has confirme that an immigration officer who appeared on Moja Love’s drug-busting show ‘Sizokthola’ for allegedly working with drug dealers has been suspended. The official who is based in the North West appeared on the TV show in an episode that aired on Sunday, 18 June. HOME AFFAIRS OFFICIAL SUSPENDED […]

A cash-in-transit guard is fortunate to tell his traumatic tale of events after he was robbed by armed suspects after loading the cash boxes earlier today, Thursday, 22 June. CASH-IN-TRANSIT GUARD CAUGHT OFF-GUARD The Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Tongaat Operations Centre received a call of a Cash-In-Transit robbery in progress at approximately 16:23. “The caller was unable to […]

Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defences of their targets, regardless of how intelligent they are. So it’s important to keep up with the latest scams and understand how they work. Recently, the consumer protection […]

A six-man rhino poaching gang has been sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging between 16 and 20 years after they were found guilty of conspiracy to commit theft of rhino horn and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The six men, who were sentenced in the Eastern Cape High Court sitting in Makhanda, are Francis […]

Fulgence Kayishema, an alleged former Rwandan policeman who participated in the 1994 genocide, appeared in court on Tuesday, 20 June, and indicated that he would not be applying for bail. FORMER RWANDAN POLICEMAN ABANDONS BAIL APPLICATION The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard Kayishema would apply for asylum. He was arrested last month in Paarl, Western […]

A senior Health official, Joseph Themba Popo Maja (63), implicated in the Digital Vibes Covid-19 procurement saga, appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court today, Wednesday, 21 June. HOW MUCH THE SENIOR HEALTH OFFICIAL POCKETED He is facing charges of two counts of corruption worth R15 000, a Schedule 1 offence. ALSO READ: Top Health Department officials […]

A military base in Somalia came under attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on Wednesday 21st June 2023, police and witnesses said, just as the African Union announced it was beginning a drawdown of troops in the violence-wracked nation. Almost simultaneous suicide bomb blasts targeted the base in the southern city of Baardhere, which hosts both Ethiopian […]

Tsireledzo Ndou appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on a rape charge a day after he withdrew from representing serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester in the same court. READ: BREAKING: Thabo Bester’s lawyers withdraw from case TSIRELEDZO NDOU FACES RAPE CHARGE According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Ndou is charged with attempted rape and […]

A 32-year-old poacher, Freedom Siyabonga Ndlovu, was sentenced to 32 years of direct imprisonment for offences related to poaching by the Skukuza Regional Court. The accused had a hand in the killing of three rhinos. READ: Missing woman found in drain, ex-husband charged with murder RHINO POACHER SENTENCED Ndlovu was convicted of trespassing in Skukuza National […]

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has denied reports suggesting that one of the investigators in the rapist and murder Thabo Bester escape case committed suicide shortly after receiving an SMS. On 5 June, Brigadier Jackson Mkhaulesi was found in his car in Bloemfontein with a gunshot wound. He was buried on Sunday, 18 June. […]

The criminal trial of Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana and their seven co-accused has been postponed to 8 August for further police investigation. The criminal trial of Thabo Bester and eight others has been postponed for further police investigations. The state says three more people are likely to be arrested. The nine people in the […]

Ugandan police said Monday that 20 people had been arrested for suspected collaboration with the notorious militia group blamed for last week’s grisly attack on a school near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. “Twenty arrests have been made of suspected collaborators, suspected ADF collaborators,” police spokesman Fred Enanga told a press conference, […]

Police have launched a manhunt for suspects responsible for torching a farm that belongs to a business woman in Elandskraal, Limpopo. The incident happened on Sunday, 18 June 2023 at about 17:00. FARM ALLEGEDLY TORCHED IN LIMPOPO South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in Limpopo, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said according to an incident report,  a section […]

Facebook rapist Thabo Bester’s lawyers Advocate Jeremiah Pela and Tsireledzo Ndou have recused themselves from the case. The convicted criminal appeared virtually in court on Tuesday, 20 June at the Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Tshwane. THABO BESTER’S LAWYERS DUMP HIM During the court appearance, Pela said they would like to bring an application for […]

Somali shopkeepers in Philippi, Cape Town, closed their shops for almost 12 hours on Saturday. They say a new criminal syndicate turned up demanding that they pay a “protection fee” if they wished to continue trading. On Saturday Somali spaza shop owners in Philippi were forced to close up for the day by a new […]

Thabo Bester and the eight individuals accused of helping him escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre (MCC) will return to the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 20 June. The matter was postponed for further investigation, and another suspect was arrested during this period. READ: Inside Thabo Bester’s scams: Dr Pashy says she paid millions for Oprah […]

Thabo Bester, as he was a wanted man, was reportedly trailed by South African Crime Intelligence agents to Tanzania in April 2023. There, they watched him for a time before making a move on a Friday night. Dr Nandipha Magudumana, Thabo Bester, and a supposedly helping Mozambican national were all detained in Arusha. Following coordinated […]

A Limpopo woman, her son and two cousins have been arrested for the brutal murder of Fumky Hlongwane over weekend, for allegedly stealing the accused woman’s goats. POLICE CONDEMN BRUTAL MURDER ALSO READ: Police officers arrested for stock theft and defeating the ends of justice Hlongwane and his friend were allegedly kidnapped in his home by […]

A police officer from North West has been charged with fraud after he allegedly altered a doctor’s sick note and failed to report to work. The 43-year-old police officer, Kagiso Motlele appeared at the Setlagole Periodical Court on Tuesday, 13 June. POLICE OFFICER ALTER’S DOCTOR’S SICK NOTE Jacaranda FM reported that the officer allegedly handed in […]

A trial date has been set for Thabile Malatjie who allegedly stole stock at Era by DJ Zinhle owned by businesswoman Ntombezinhle Jiyane in Menlyn, Tshwane. The 23-year-old  was arrested on 12 January 2023, after police searched and found stock in her property.  However, she was subsequently released on R5000 bail. TRIAL SET FOR DJ ZINHLE’S […]

The story of Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu – the Johannesburg police officer turned serial killer – has been cast in the spotlight with a gripping true-crime Shomax series. Rosemary’s Hitlist – a four-part documentary about the woman described as a “modern-day Daisy De Melker.” The Tembisa South policeman was responsible for the bizarre deaths of six family […]

Pretoria man has been ordered by the Supreme Court of Appeal to pay over R1.5 million and interest of 10.25% to Discovery Insure. The court found that Discovery did not have to honour the claim by Tshamunwe Masindi because part of the claim was fraudulent. SPECIFIED DISCOVERY POLICY Masindi took out the policy for specified […]

Since the escape of convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester from the Manguang Prison in May last year, a big spotlight has been thrust on South African prisons. Locals are continuing to lose faith in the country’s penitentiary system — especially after watching prisoners do live videos on social media apps such as Facebook and […]

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has urged South Africans to contact them before accepting overseas job offers after a young woman from Limpopo fell victim to a teaching job scam in Thailand. DIRCO spokesperson Clayson Monyela sounded the alarm as he responded to a tweet from a community leader asking for donations […]