MBOMBELA – The Nelspruit Flying Squad successfully apprehended a 36-year-old suspect during the early hours of Friday morning, 17 April 2026, following a high-speed vehicle pursuit in the CBD. Members were conducting routine patrols along Samora Machel Street near the High Court at approximately 03:30 when they noticed a white…
Two Lekwa municipal traffic officials, Superintendent Mndeni Danisa (38) and traffic officer Thulisile Dumakude (47), appeared in the Standerton Magistrate’s Court today. This is after they were arrested following an investigation conducted through the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks), after a lengthy investigation into alleged corrupt activities involving local…
EMALAHLENI- Three suspects were fatally wounded following a business robbery at a jewellery shop on the morning of Wednesday, 15 April 2026 at around 10:00. It is reported that approximately eight armed suspects stormed into a jewellery shop in Highveld Mall and held the security guard and the employee at…
MBOMBELA – The Provincial Anti-Hijacking Task Team in Ehlanzeni, working in collaboration with the Mbombela Law Enforcement Intervention Team, successfully intercepted a vehicle transporting a large quantity of suspected dagga on Friday, 27 March. At approximately 17:00, members were conducting routine tracking and tracing operations in the Ehlanzeni area when…
KWAMHLANGA- Three juveniles from Moloto will be detained for 12 months in a youth care centre following their conviction for arson. They were sentenced in the KwaMhlanga Regional Court after the incident that took place in February last year when they broke into Peter Mokaba Primary School with the intention…
MACHADODORP- A 40-year-old man has been arrested for murder after he handed himself for allegedly killing his girlfriend. On Tuesday, 10 March the suspect arrived at the Machadodorp Police Station, where he reported that he had killed his girlfriend leading the police to where the body was. Police questioned the…
MBOMBELA- The Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to one of the accused in the murder case of Lusanda Mathabela. Katlego Mokoena (19) is charged with his co-accused, Lungelo Sithole (19), in connection with the murder of Mathabela, who was allegedly stabbed multiple times at her home in Mataffin in…
A 21 year-old man will appear in the Secunda Magistrate’s Court tomorrow for allegedly kidnapping, raping and killing a minor. The suspect was arrested in Charl Cilliers on Sunday, 8 March after the police received a complaint of a missing child and immediately activated units of the SAPS that included…
MBOMBELA – Katlego Mokoena told the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Monday, March 2, that he intends to plead not guilty to the murder of his alleged former girlfriend, Lusanda Mathabela (20). The 19-year-old stated this during his bail hearing, with his affidavit read into the record. Mokoena and his co-accused,…
The Boschfontein Regional Court has convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old man to 25 years’ direct imprisonment for raping a 4-year-old girl. To protect the victim from secondary victimisation, the accused’s name has been withheld in this statement. At the time of the offence, he was employed as a general worker…