Boys, aged 6 and 9, escape brutal attack that leaves four family members dead
Two boys, aged six and nine, managed to escape an attack that claimed the lives of four members of their family.
Pastor charged with fraud after congregants who invested in his company lose millions
Free State Hawks say Pastor Seth Malefetsane Radebe promised his victims lucrative returns after a year of investing but never got a cent and instead lost their money.
Barbaric, despicable and extremely sickening, says Joburg MMC about brutal attack on female metro cop
THE MMC for Public Safety in Joburg says the brutal attack on a female metro police officer was extremely sickening, barbaric and despicable.
Cop allegedly insured family members, hired hitmen to kill them and claimed insurance money
A female Gauteng police officer allegedly insured her family members then went on a killing spree, wiping them out with the help of hitmen before claiming from insurance companies.
Hijackers kill pensioner, dump body in open veld and make off with her car
Iris Portgieter, 66, of the Free State was killed by people who then dumped her body in an open veld and fled with her VW Golf.
Fake metro cops in a car with blue lights bust after trying to hijack courier vehicle
The courier vehicle was travelling in Kempton Park when a car started flashing its light, beckoning the driver to stop.
Two guns and two cars confiscated from seven people arrested over Babita Deokaran’s murder
Police spokesperson Colonel Brenda Muridili said on Friday that seven people had been arrested in connection with Babita Deokaran’s murder.
Wife confesses 6 years after dismembering husband, throwing body parts in three pit latrines then reporting him missing
A woman who killed her husband in 2015, then reported him missing before fleeing to Zimbabwe, has revealed the gruesome manner in which she killed him and dismembered the body.
Vigilantes on a killing spree at Joburg squatter camp shoot dead six men in three days
Gauteng Police Commissioner Lt-General Elias Mawela has encouraged residents to work with the police to ensure swift arrests
Suspects who broke into substation and vandalised it nabbed with tools and saws
Two men were caught red-handed and later arrested for allegedly vandalising a substation and plunging some parts of Roodepoort into darkness.
Foreign national arrested at Lebombo border gate with crystal meth drugs worth R7. 2m
A MAN travelling from Mozambique was arrested at the Lebombo border with drugs allegedly worth R7. 2 million hidden in a false compartment in his truck.
Inspection at Free State farm reveals lions living in ’appalling’ conditions
An inspection at a lion farm in Free State allegedly revealed 13 lion carcasses in a locked freezer, rotting meat on the floor, and other lions living in an overcrowded enclosure.
Pensioners beaten to death for their car
Robbers beat a 63-year-old woman to death at her home then took her husband with, killed him then dumped his body at a house in the area.
Police arrest murder suspect’s mom and brother for allegedly hiding evidence
The mother and brother of a man accused of killing his police officer girlfriend were arrested for allegedly hiding evidence that could have helped the police solve the case.
Gunmen shoot, injure pregnant woman and her partner
A pregnant woman and her partner are in hospital after being shot at while they were sleeping.
Senior Gauteng health official shot ’many times’ in her car outside her house, dies in hospital
Babita Deokaran had returned from dropping her child at school when gunmen ambushed her and peppered her with bullets
Joburg nurse accused of selling fake negative Covid-19 test certificates for R500 released on R3k bail
Skhumbuzo Manana, 28 faces charges of contravening the Medicines and Related Activities Act, as well as fraud, uttering and possession of suspected stolen goods.
National Shutdown takes off on Twitter but falls flat in the real world
The planned #NationalShutdown that was expected to take the country by storm seemed to have started and ended on Twitter as it failed to take off in the real world.
Commission for Gender Equality outraged by brutal murder of Nosicele Mtebeni whose body was found dismembered
Commission urges institutions of higher learning and members of civil society to engage students on programmes to fight GBV.
Hawks nab more people who allegedly made R250k a day illegally selling prepaid electricity
Ten more people, believed to be part of a syndicate behind the nationwide illegal sale of prepaid electricity, have been arrested in the Free State.
SANDF condemns ’disgraceful behaviour’ of soldier filmed drunk out in public and in uniform
The South African National Defence Force says it aims to bring to book one of its members who was seen on video drunk in public and in uniform.
Four teenage boys in court for allegedly sexually harassing female classmate
Four teenage boys accused of sexually harassing a 15-year-old female classmate have been arrested and suspended from school.
Man’s whose girlfriend was killed in a ’hijacking’ arrested for her murder
A man whose girlfriend was killed in a hijacking has been arrested for murder and perjury after the alleged killers implicated him in the crime.
Has ’Devilsdorp’ whet your appetite for crime stories? Here’s a look at 5 crimes that shook Gauteng in recent years
The Krugersdorp murders showcased in the Devilsdorp documentary series are by no means the only horrific crimes South Africans have seen over the past few years. Here’s a look at five cases that dominated headlines in Gauteng in recent years.
Dagga busts: How much ’weed’ can you have in your possession before it becomes a criminal offence?
Recent arrests for possession of dagga has once again raised questions about what the law says regarding the legal amount citizens are allowed to have on their person.