At least 6 bodies – believed to be that of Zama Zamas, have been found in the veld along the N1 highway on Johannesburg’s West Rand. The discovery was made near the Maraisburg off-ramp in Roodepoort on Wednesday. It appears the men have been stabbed, shot and stoned to death. Police are on the scene […]
Police in Plettenberg Bay, in the Western Cape, have arrested two suspects for the alleged murder and armed robbery of a shop owner. The shop owner was shot dead at his spaza shop last week . Police had launched a manhunt after the 27-year-old Ethiopian shop owner was gunned down in Kwanokuthula. Police Spokesperson, Chris […]
Officers attached to the police’s “Operation Restore” stopped and searched suspicious-looking vehicles on an open field near Blue Downs Stadium. Two tow truck drivers have been arrested for being in possession of two stolen police hand radios. The arrests were executed in Mfuleni over the weekend. Officers attached to the police’s “Operation Restore” stopped and […]
Deputy speaker in the Gauteng legislature Nomvuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela is due to appear before the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on charges of assault and crimen injuria today. The wife of Deputy Minister of Higher Education Buti Manamela is accused of attacking Sergeant Lizzy Mojapelo who was pregnant at the time. Mojapelo is represented by AfriForum’s Private Prosecution […]
Several suspects, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested in the Western Cape on charges of rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault. Five of the suspects, aged between 13 and 42, were arrested in different cases in George and Knysna at the weekend. They’re scheduled to make their first appearance in their respective magistrate’s courts […]
The two men accused of the murder of the Collins Chabane Municipality Mayor Moses Maluleke have abandoned their bail application in the Malamulele Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. Maluleke was gunned down at his home in Xikundu village in July. The accused, Shumani Nemadodzi, 42, and Avhatakali Mulaudzi, 42, have had their case postponed to September 19 for […]
The women were raped after a gang of armed men believed to be zama zamas accosted them and their film crew, while they were shooting a video at an unused mine dump in West Village last Thursday. The crew was also robbed. A Krugersdorp woman who was raped several months ago, has recounted how the […]
The Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga is expected to deliver judgment on the bail application of one of the three men accused of killing Hillary Gardee. Hillary is the daughter of the former Secretary-General of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Godrich Gardee. Sipho Mkhatshwa is facing charges of kidnapping, murder, rape, defeating the ends of justice, […]
The African National Congress (ANC) has vowed to highlight and address challenges posed by illegal miners also known as zama zamas. The ANC will be staging a protest at the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court west of Johannesburg on Wednesday morning. The party is calling for illegal mines to be shut down following the arrest of more than […]
The three suspects were linked to the fatal shooting of a fifty-five-year-old man on the Kapteinsdrift farm near Bonnievale in 2019. Interpol assisted in the extradition of three Lesotho nationals suspected of committing murder in South Africa. They were linked to the fatal shooting of a 55-year-old man on the Kapteinsdrift farm near Bonnievale in […]