Author: Malebogo Putu

A regional court in Mothibistad, Northern Cape province, has sentenced two men to 20 years’ imprisonment each for the 2013 murder of Itumeleng Mabihi, the South African Police Service said. Madaka Boikanyo Bless, 35, and Nonei Brown Michael, 38, were convicted in the Mothibistad Regional Court for the killing of Mr. Mabihi, 30, according to a statement released by Warrant Officer Molefi Shemane of the South African Police Service in the Northern Cape. The incident took place on March 28, 2013, at approximately 11 p.m., at a shebeen in Eifell Village, Heuningvlei. Police from Heuningvlei responded to a murder complaint…

Police in the KwaZulu-Natal have arrested two suspects, aged 23 and 31, on charges of possessing property suspected to be stolen after recovering 21 head of livestock in separate operations, authorities said. In a statement released Tuesday, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Magwaza of the South African Police Service in KwaZulu-Natal said the arrests followed operations conducted in the Hlabeni and Sdangeni areas on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, and Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. “On Monday, 22 December 2025, police received information regarding stolen sheep at Sdangeni area,” Lt. Col. Magwaza said. “Members responded swiftly and recovered nine (9) sheep. A 23-year-old suspect…

As festive season celebrations get underway, the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) has called on young people to avoid alcohol and substance abuse.The department warns that while this period is often one of “celebration, rest and social connection,” it also gives rise to troubling and dangerous behaviours that can turn joy into tragedy. “[It] is also a period that consistently records increased levels of alcohol and substance abuse, which contribute to road accidents, crime, family conflict, unsafe sexual behaviour, and heightened incidents of gender-based violence and femicide.“These outcomes stand in direct contradiction to the government’s commitment to…

The Gauteng Provincial Government has commended the South African Police Service for tracking and arresting a suspect wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in Saulsville, Pretoria. “The Gauteng Provincial Government commends the South African Police Service for its coordinated and relentless enforcement effort which led to the identification, tracking, and arrest of a suspect in connection with the horrific shooting at the Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville. The nationwide hunt for the suspects culminated in the arrest of a 32- year-old man in Limpopo,” said the provincial government said on Tuesday.On 6 December 2024, three suspects shot and killed 12 people…

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has issued an appeal for an immediate end to hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – urging conflicting parties to honour their pledges for peace. The Minister was delivering remarks at the Ad Hoc Summit of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and region. “South Africa appeals to the conflicting parties in the DRC to demonstrate political will and selfless leadership that this occasion requires. The parties must fulfil their previous commitments to establish a permanent, effective and verifiable ceasefire; they must engage in…

Ngaka ya Setso kwa motseng wa Worcester, Limpopo o bolailwe ka Latshipi, 21 Sedimonthole 2025. Go ya ka Mapodisi, ngaka eno e leng Monna wa dingwaga di le 67, e bolailwe ka go thuntsiwa kwa legaeng la gagwe. Go ya ka Sebueledi sa Mapodisi, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, fa Mapodisi a goroga kwa legaeng la motswasetlhabelo, ba mo fitlhetse a bolailwe mo mathuding mme fa ba tsweletse ka dipatlisiso tsa bona, ba ne ba fitlhela sephuthelwana sa kolo ya 9mm fa lefelong la tiragalo. Leina la Motswasetlhabelo le itsisitswe fa e le Michel Maanaso, mme ga jaana Mapodisi a tlhalositse gore…

Mapodisi kwa Watervaal, Limpopo a tshwere monna wa dingwaga di le 28 ka ditatafatso tsa petelelo, go thopa le go tshosetsa Mmaagwe. Go ya ka Sebueledi sa Mapodisi, Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, tiragalo e diragetse ka Lamatlhatso, 13 Sedimonthole 2025 mo maabanyaneng morago ga gore mmelaelwa a batle madi mo go mmaagwe. Motsadi o ne a latola madi. Go ya pele Ledwaba o tlhalositse gore mmelaelwa o ne a simolola go nna mafega mo go mmaagwe, mme a mo tlhasela le go mmetelela. Morago ga go mmetelela, mmelaelwa o ne a mo tswalela mo ntlong a e notlela mme a tsamaya.…

Mapodisi kwa Umzinto, KwaZulu Natal ba tlhatlhamolotse segongwana sa diritibatsi mme ba tshwere motswantle go tswa Aforika Bophirima, le yo mongwe go tswa kwa Bogareng ba Aforika gammogo le mosadi wa moAforika Borwa yo go yang ka pegelo e leng mokapelo wa mmelaelwa wa kwa Aforika Bophirima. Botlhe ba lebaganwe ke ditatofatso tsa go tshola le go gweba ka diritibatsi tseo di lekanyetswang go R1.6 Million. Go ya ka Mapodisi, babelaelwa ba tshwerwe ka Labotlhano, 12 Sedimonthole 2025 fa morago ga dipatlisiso tsa mapodisi go latela tiriso eo e leng kwa godimo ya diritibatsi mo basheng. Mmelaelwamogolo o ne a tshwarwa…

Police in Brandfort, Free State, have arrested a 25 year old woman on charges of attempted murder after her two day old child was discovered abandoned near a hiking spot. According to Police, the Brandfort Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences unit traced and arrested the mother in Brandfort following the rescue of the newborn boy on Friday, 12 December 2025, near the hiking spot on the R30 road outside Theunissen. A man and his cousin, who were walking to the hiking spot, were informed by an unknown man about a baby underneath a tree in the vicinity. The…

Mapodisi a Aforika Borwa kwa Brandfort a tshwere mosadi wa dingwaga di le 25 ka ditatofatso tsa maiteko a polao fa morago ga gore mosadi yoo, a phuaganye lesea la gagwe la malatsi a le mabedi fa thoko ga tsela. Lesea leo Mapodisi a begang fa e le mosimane, le ne la bonwa ke bafeti ka tsela go bapa le tsela kwa Theunissen ka Labotlhano, 12 Sedimonthole 2025. Ka ntlha ya fa go ne go lebega fa pula e tla tloga e tshologa, bafeti ka tsela ba ne ba tsaya lesea, ba ya le lona gae, mme morago ba bega…