Category Crime

Police foil business robbery

Loan shark and family shot dead

Supplied Content  CASTEEL – A businessman together with his wife and two daughters was gunned down in their home on Tuesday evening. READ | Carolina murder suspects abandon bail application According to police, the incident occurred around 19:30 when neighbours heard gunshots coming from the owner of Faduk Cash Loans, Johnson…

Carolina murder suspects abandon bail application

Carolina murder suspects abandon bail application

The four men accused of killing an elderly couple abandoned their bail in the Carolina Magistrate’s Court. During their appearance on Monday, 7 March, the defence attorney informed the court that the accused are no longer proceeding with their bail application. READ | Suspects linked to pensioners’ murder arrested The accused…

Mandla Msibi and co-accused trial set for September

Mandla Msibi and co-accused trial set for September

The case against the former MEC for Agriculture Mandla Msibi and his five co-accused has been transferred to High Court for trial. READ | Suspects linked to pensioners’ murder arrested The trial will begin on 5 to 16 September 2022. The state served the defence with the indictment today and postponed…

Two men arrested for stealing ATM

Two men arrested for stealing ATM machine

Supplied Content  The police arrested two men for business robbery after forcefully removing an ATM at a fuel station at Charl Celliers near Secunda last Friday. According to police, about five armed male suspects stormed into a kiosk at a fuel station and held the employees at gunpoint. Some suspects…

Three Mozambican nationals arrested for stolen vehicles

Suspects linked to pensioners’ murder arrested

Supplied Content  Four suspects were arrested on Tuesday after two bodies of pensioners were discovered in a commune. It is alleged the suspects have robbed and murdered the pensioners aged 64 and 83. According to a statement, police were allied to the scene in Voortrekker Street after concerned neighboUrs did…

Suspects arrested for firing shots at police at a funeral

Supplied Content The police arrested two suspects after police chased them for shooting at them after a funeral service in Siyabuswa yesterday. According to police, the suspects had been driving from the cemetery in a convoy heading back home. Mourners randomly shot in the air when the police were monitoring…

Former policeman involved in i'langa Mall business robbery

Former policeman involved in i’langa Mall business robbery

A former police Sergeant was involved in a business robbery in a shop at i’langa Mall today in Mbombela. According to police, the former policeman worked at Crime Intelligence at the provincial office. READ | Pay point robbers arrested in Elukwatini “At about 08:00 am, the armed group of suspects stormed…

Nomthandazo Delsie Khoza

Six arrested for corruption and money laundering

The HAWKS arrested six suspects employed at the Department of Education in Bushbuckridge. READ |SASSA fraudsters convicted for defrauding agency They handled payments of ex-employees and deceased beneficiaries. The primary suspect, Nomthandazo Khoza, allegedly colluded with Error Mosibudi by creating fraudulent beneficiaries of late employees. They made the payments to…

Petrol card cloner sentenced to 15 years in prison

18-year-old stabs his sibling to death

An 18-year-old male was arrested in Bushbuckridge after allegedly stabbing his two siblings. One, aged 23, succumbed to his injuries while the other, aged 19, was taken to hospital for medical treatment. The incident occurred at Violetbank near Bushbuckridge yesterday morning, Sunday, 5 December. READ | 25-year-old convicted for the murder…