Latest crime & justice news from across South Africa.
Eastern Cape police have rejected claims of inaction on drugs, revealing substantial narcotic seizures across the province and Buffalo City Metro during the 2024/2025 financial year.
A 60-year-old parolee in Springbok has been sentenced to 22 years for the attempted murder of a woman who was stabbed multiple times in Bergsig.
Ethiopian man faces 12 kidnapping charges after half-naked young men found in Joburg; medical tests reveal they are adults aged 22-33, not teenagers.
Eight suspects aged 22 to 60 arrested in North West after intelligence-led operation uncovered lion bones, meat, a tiger skin and processing equipment.
A man has been arrested for the armed robbery of a security officer along the R546 between Vrede and Cornelia, while a second suspect remains at large.
A 46-year-old man arrested in Limpopo after police recovered stolen goods, an unlicensed firearm and live ammunition during a multi-team operation in Mamone Village.
Two Mpumalanga men face murder charges after a mob justice attack left two suspected stock thieves dead in Masoyi late last year.
A 46-year-old Limpopo man faces firearm and stolen property charges after a multi-agency police operation in Mamone Village uncovered stolen goods and a loaded pistol.
A Limpopo man received two life sentences for raping his teenage stepson over four years, after the victim finally told his mother in 2024.
President Ramaphosa has noted the NPA's decision to charge police commissioner Fannie Masemola, who faces court on 21 April over a procurement tender.
Two Gauteng learners were fatally stabbed in separate incidents days apart, prompting MEC Matome Chiloane to call for community action against violence targeting school pupils.
Theophilus Chabalala sentenced to 12 years for fatally stabbing his girlfriend in Kimberley's Rhythm City while their two children looked on.
