Cops release identikit of alleged schoolgirl rapist
Free State police are on the hunt for two suspects who raped a schoolgirl at knifepoint as she was walking home from school. ||| Welkom – Free State police are on the hunt for two suspects who raped a...
View ArticleNo June exams for Vuwani matrics
At least 2 500 matric pupils from Limpopo are unable to write the mid-year exams as schooling reamins volatile amid ongoing protests. ||| Vuwani – At least 2 500 Limpopo matric pupils were left...
View ArticleDead newborn found in garbage bag
“I saw droplets of blood on the pavement, “ said a Sol Plaatje municipal employee who made a gruesome discovery of the body of a newborn baby in a refuse bag. ||| Kimberley - Sol Plaatje municipal...
View Article‘Perpetrators guilty of sex crimes escaping’
Long-buried incidents by sexual predators who abused children could come out to haunt the perpetrators - years after they committed such offences. ||| Johannesburg - Long-buried incidents by sexual...
View ArticleBoy, 3, dies after being hit by a car
A three-year-old boy was killed when he was hit by a car on Kwapata’s Main Road in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. ||| Durban - A three-year-old boy was killed when he was hit by a car on Kwapata’s Main...
View ArticleSalute to new cop ranks
Goodbye majors and lieutenants, and salute the regional commissioners. These are some of the changes made to the ranks of the SAPS that will see those officers being referred to by different titles....
View ArticleAccused of abuse of power, Nzama plays victim card
Under-fire Durban metro police chief Eugene Nzama has come out guns blazing, defending his having two "illegal" security guards arrested. ||| Durban - Under-fire Durban metro police chief Eugene...
View ArticleThree dead in 'street racing' crash
An Opel Corsa and a BMW were allegedly racing when the Corsa clipped the BMW and rolled through a vibracrete wall. ||| Cape Town - Three people were killed in an alleged street-racing collision in...
View ArticleWhy protesters turn to violence
Desperate and marginalised communities which engage in protest action often become violent when provoked by militant, heavy-handed cops, according to a study. ||| Durban - Desperate and marginalised...
View ArticleSatanic child-porn fraudster dodges jail
A court bestowed mercy on Leone Steyn who was convicted for spinning a web of lies about a satanic child-porn ring to defraud organisations of more than R500K. ||| Johannesburg - The conwoman who...
View Article'Ulterior motive' in Jiba lawsuit
Advocate Nomgcobo Jiba has questioned the motivation and independence of the General Council of the Bar of South Africa (GCB) in lodging an application to have her name struck from the roll of...
View ArticleBoy, 4, among three shot dead in Delft
Three people, including a 4-year-old boy, have been shot dead in Delft in an apparent gang war raging in the area. ||| Cape Town - Three people, including a 4-year-old boy, have been shot dead in Delft...
View ArticleFuture of crime faces no-hope youths
Pretoria is raising a generation of kids who act first and think later - in fact, experts estimate there is about 5 000 of these urchins in the capital. ||| Pretoria - Pretoria is raising a generation...
View ArticleTime is up for right-winger
Geloftevolk Republikeine leader André Visagie has been ordered to report to the authorities by Wednesday to begin serving his five year prison sentence. ||| Kimberley - The leader of the Geloftevolk...
View ArticleMan bust with drugs concealed as dog food
Police have arrested a man after he was found being in possession of 7 000 mandrax tablets concealed as dog food at a Bedfordview hotel. ||| Johannesburg - A man was arrested after he was found in...
View Article‘Afrikaans must go’
The University of Pretoria moved closer towards changing its language policy when a lekgotla adopted a proposal that English be the only medium of instruction for lectures, assessments and tutorials....
View ArticleGuards who dragged dad: ‘They were following rules’
The Mamelodi Hospital guards who attacked a visitor and dragged him out of a ward were acting in the best interests of the hospital, the Health Department has said. ||| Pretoria - The Mamelodi Hospital...
View ArticleBody of man found in veld
Another body has been found in Eersterus in what the community says is the result of the prevalence of drugs in their neighbourhood. ||| Pretoria - Another body has been found in Eersterus in what the...
View ArticleBogus lawyer to confess to crimes
A man alleged to have masqueraded as a lawyer for years and fleeced his victims of more than R1.5m intends to plead guilty to charges against him. ||| Johannesburg - A man alleged to have masqueraded...
View Article‘Cop killings should be deemed a national disaster’
Sapu has condemned the murder of a Limpopo cop and said “the continued killing of the men and women in blue in SA has reached an unacceptable level”. ||| Cape Town - The South African Policing Union...
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