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NELSPRUIT – The Police at Mhluzi arrested a 39-year-old councillor, William Phetla and his accomplices, Kholofelo Manola (31), Lui Nkadimeng (48) and Thabo Ntuli (24) on allegations of assaulting and kidnapping a 29-year-old domestic worker, aged 29 on Saturday, 22 July 2023. The victim, who is alleged to be pregnant, was allegedly accused of stealing …
PRETORIA- 154 Conversion kits were confiscated in a simultaneous Section 109 compliance inspection by the members of the Hawks National Priority Violent Crime Investigation based in Head Office in concert with their counterparts in Western Cape’s Provincial FLASH, Ballistic and Gorensic Science Laboratories yesterday, 26 July 2023 both in Pretoria and Western Cape. According to …
EASTERN CAPE – The Mthatha High Court sentenced Siphesihle Tatsi (23) on 25 July 2023, one of the five (5) who reportedly killed five (5) on duty police officers in Ngcobo on 21 February 2018. Phumzile Mhlatywa (50), Phandani Monco (35), Kwanele Ndlwana (27) and Siphosomzi Tshefu chose to follow the normal trial route while …
KIMBERLEY – The Roodepan police are appealing to the public to assist in locating 51 year old Richard “Majaivana” Oranotse Mokale, who resides at Bobo se plaas informal settlement in Lerato Park in the Roodepan policing precinct. Richard was last seen on Thursday, 30 March 2023 by his sister, going to a tuckshop to buy …
WESTERN CAPE – Continued efforts to rid our streets of illegal firearms, led to the arrest of a 46-year-old man for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition in Vukayi Street, Lwandle on Tuesday morning, 25 July 2023. Members of the Provincial Operational Coordination Centre received and passed on information to operational members about …
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has warned members of the public that it is unlawful to dress in clothing that replicates the uniforms of inmates and department officials. This after videos surfaced on social media of private citizens wearing the latter. “The Department…has noted with great concern the proliferation of videos on TikTok and …
KWAZULU-NATAL – Today, police at Port Shepstone responded to a shooting incident at the Port Shepstone taxi rank. It is alleged that unknown gunmen approached a taxi and opened fire on the occupants. Four of the occupants died as a result of the shooting, whilst a further four were transported to hospital with gunshot wounds. …
NORTHERN CAPE – On 24 July 2023 at about 18:45, members of the Kimberley SAPS Flying Squad and Crime Intelligence unit followed up on information of dagga allegedly in transit on a taxi inbound from the North West en-route to Springbok in the Northern Cape. The taxi was stopped and searched at a Vehicle Check …
NORTHERN CAPE – The SAPS management welcomes the lengthy sentence handed down to raped accused, Pedro Seekoei. On 19 March 2020, the 17-year-old victim was walking to Modderrivier when he was approached by the accused who then walked with him to Modderrivier. At a field near Modderrivier, the accused then assaulted the victim until he …
TROMPSBURG – The Stop and Search activity on the N1 Highway which is part of the High Density operations, lead to an arrest of a male aged 50 and recovery of protected species. On the 23 July 2023 at about 23:00 Trompsburg police members were busy with observation and stop and search activities on the …
WESTERN CAPE – Efforts to rid our communities of illegal firearms and drugs and to bring the perpetrators thereof to book, yielded positive results when members arrested a few suspects for an array of charges. Early Saturday morning, 22 July 2023, members of Flying Squad chased a hijacked vehicle which collided with numerous other vehicles …
POTCHEFSTROOM – North West Provincial Anti-Corruption Investigating Unit (ACIU) apprehended a 44-year-old Zimbabwean National for allegedly trying to smuggle illicit cigarettes worth more than R12 million on Friday, 21 July 2023. According to information received, the suspect, who is a truck driver, was from Botswana entering South Africa at Skilpadhek Port of Entry at about …
POLOKWANE – A former Limpopo Police Captain has been convicted and sentenced in the Giyani Regional Court for murder and attempted murder. Dennis Paradise Nghunyulu (59), who was attached to the Modjadjiskloof Police Station, was convicted of the murder of 23 year old Osi Mkhabela and attempted murder of his elder brother aged 26, following …
GAUTENG – On Thursday, 20 July 2023 Hawks’ Serious Organized Crime investigation in Gauteng have arrested two foreign nationals aged between 42 and 50 for drugs and drug trafficking act charges. Information was received and operationalised of two foreign nationals who were allegedly dealing in drugs at a taxi rank in Randburg. The multi-disciplinary team …
POLOKWANE – The South African Police Service in Lebowakgomo are investigating a case of burglary business that occurred at a workshop in Lebowakgomo on Friday 21 July 2023. According to Police report, two motor vehicles belonging to the State were reportedly stolen from the premises .They were brought in for mechanical repairs. The owner of …
The police have arrested two suspects following the discovery of a young man’s body. The team work between Phuthaditjhaba Public Order Police Unit, Police Cult Investigating Unit, Tactical Response Team and Namahadi police together with Phuthaditjhaba Rescue and Diving Unit and Maluti-a-Phofung Municipalality Fire and Rescue, retrieved the missing head of the late young man …
This past week, Western Cape Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen conducted various announced and unannounced oversight visits to South African Police Services (SAPS) stations in the Garden Route District. These visits included attending the morning parade at 05:45 at the Mossel Bay SAPS, along with afternoon parade visits at the Thembalethu …