CRIME & ARRESTS
Reports on criminal investigations, arrests, police operations, major crime developments and law enforcement activities across South Africa.
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CAIPHUS NYOKA MURDER: FORMER APARTHEID POLICE OFFICERS’ HEALTH BECOMES KEY ISSUE IN SENTENCING
The sentencing proceedings involving two former apartheid-era police officers convicted of murdering student activist Caiphus Nyoka have continued at the Johannesburg High Court, sitting in Benoni. The accused, Abraham Engelbrecht and Pieter Stander, were found guilty of Nyoka’s 1987 murder in December 2025. The case represents an important development in the long-running pursuit of accountability…
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BROWN MOGOTSI BACK IN COURT: STAGED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT CASE FACES ANOTHER LEGAL TEST
North West businessman and self-described political fixer Brown Mogotsi was expected back in the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 13 November 2026, in connection with an alleged staged assassination attempt in Vosloorus on the East Rand. Mogotsi faces charges including unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, perjury and defeating the ends of justice. He has…
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THREE FORMER POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS EACH AFTER KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTING CONGOLESE MAN
cted of kidnapping and extorting a Congolese national in Upington, Northern Cape. The Upington Regional Court sentenced former constable Thapelo Semamai, 32, and former sergeants Phillip Gaekgwathi, 41, and Martin Bosch, 38. The National Prosecuting Authority said the officers abused their positions to intimidate Ibrahim Hererimana, a Congolese national who was legally residing in South…
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GREYTOWN POLICE STATION COMMANDER KILLED IN DEADLY SHOOTOUT: TWO SUSPECTS DEAD AS MANHUNT CONTINUES
KwaZulu-Natal police have launched an intensive manhunt following the killing of a Greytown station commander during a shootout with suspected armed robbers on Thursday afternoon, 12 November 2026. According to police, the incident began after a business robbery in which a shop owner was shot and injured while employees were assaulted. The suspects reportedly escaped…
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GREYTOWN STATION COMMANDER KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY: TWO SUSPECTS DEAD AS POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT AFTER R33 SHOOTOUT
A KwaZulu-Natal police station commander was fatally shot while leading the pursuit of armed robbery suspects near Greytown. Two suspects were also killed, another was arrested, and several others remain at large. CRIME CONNECT | BREAKING NEWS A police operation responding to a business robbery in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, ended in tragedy on Thursday afternoon after…
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“I BOUGHT IT FROM MAUMELA” – CAT MATLALA REVEALS WHY MILLION-RAND ZIMBALI MANSION REMAINS REGISTERED IN BUSINESSMAN’S NAME
Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has told the Madlanga Commission that he purchased the luxury Zimbali property from businessman Hangwani Morgan Maumela, but deliberately kept the mansion registered in Maumela’s name while navigating divorce proceedings. His testimony has now placed fresh attention on the relationship between the two men, the ownership of high-value assets and the wider…
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EKURHULENI WOMEN KILLINGS: 12 WOMEN DEAD, QUESTIONS GROW AS POLICE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
29 September 2026 | 19:30 EKURHULENI, GAUTENG — The investigation into the deaths of women across Ekurhuleni has entered another critical phase after the number of women reported killed or found dead in the area rose to 12. The latest case involved 23-year-old Boitumelo Gift Mashita, who was shot dead in Tembisa on Monday morning…
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Father sentenced to life imprisonment after raping 14-year-old daughter
The man was sentenced by the Hartswater Regional Court after being found guilty of one count of rape and one count of sexual assault. The court found that the state had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt and rejected the accused’s version of events. His identity cannot be disclosed to protect the privacy and…