Latest crime & justice news from across South Africa.
Four men aged 23 to 64 arrested in OR Tambo District after police seized multiple homemade shotguns and ammunition during overnight raids in Ngqeleni and Port St Johns.
A 21-year-old extortion suspect was arrested in Browns Farm after demanding protection fees from a Philippi hair salon, with a concealed firearm also recovered.
Five suspects appeared in the Evander Magistrate Court after Hawks seized gold bearing material and over R1 million in cash during raids on three properties.
Multiple specialist police units have been deployed across the Bloemfontein CBD in a major crime prevention operation set to expand province-wide.
A 71-year-old woman was shot dead in her Mqanduli home while her granddaughter was present. Police are searching for the unknown suspect.
A robbery suspect was rescued from an angry mob in Limpopo after four armed men allegedly mugged and stabbed a young ATM user in Nkuzana village.
A Bloemspruit man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for breaking into his neighbour's home and raping her in front of her four-year-old daughter.
A Fraserburg detective secured three convictions in two days, with two murderers each sentenced to 20 years and an assault perpetrator given 10 years.
North West police constable Shalone Shandrey Meyer, 37, died after a state vehicle crashed into a tree on the N12 near Stilfontein.
Police Minister Bheki Cele set to visit the family of Sergeant Mogale, fatally shot in a Tembisa store attack that also saw two service pistols stolen.
A female police sergeant was fatally shot and two service pistols stolen during an attack on officers in a Tembisa store. Minister Cele visited the families.
An 18-year-old Limpopo man accused of raping his 10-year-old disabled brother has been remanded in custody after appearing at the Groblersdal Magistrate's Court.
