Latest crime & justice news from across South Africa.
A North West police sergeant and two accomplices were arrested in Letlhabile after a theft from an exhibit store led to a dramatic escape and recapture.
Gauteng police seized over 4 000 counterfeit and illicit items worth more than R520 000 during raids on shops in Tshwane and Ekurhuleni.
A 44-year-old foreign national faces court in Kempton Park over an alleged staged rhino horn theft, while R200 000 in illegal ivory was also seized.
Paycheal Coetzee received a five-year suspended sentence and was ordered to pay R180 000 after a drunk driving crash near Aggenys killed passenger Juline Raman.
Three suspects aged 21 and 22 face bail proceedings over the fatal stabbing of Sabelo Khumalo at a Mpumalanga tavern in April 2023.
The NPA is shifting its organised crime strategy to target kingpins and syndicate leaders, while ramping up asset recovery and State Capture prosecutions.
Ten people, including a two-year-old girl, were killed when a bus and truck collided on the N6 between Reddersburg and Smithfield in the Free State.
The Free State High Court has granted a R320 000 forfeiture order after a Lesotho national was arrested for alleged bribery at the Maseru border.
The body of a three-year-old boy missing since 2 March has been recovered from a dam near his Eastern Cape home as police probe a kidnapping suspect.
Anti-Gang Unit officers recovered three illegal firearms and arrested two attempted murder suspects during intensive operations across Gqeberha hotspots.
Mdumiseni Khetha Zuma sentenced to 12 years for inciting violence via WhatsApp during the deadly July 2021 unrest in KwaZulu-Natal.
Two men arrested for dagga dealing in separate Northern Cape raids, with drugs worth over R8 000 and cash seized by Mothibistad police.
