A 48-year-old KwaZulu-Natal VIP security guard has revealed that private security personnel are routinely handed firearms they are not legally competent to use and, in some cases, deployed to stage burglaries and robberies, according to new claims exposing practices inside parts of South Africa’s private security sector. Undercover Allegations of Criminal Practices in KwaZulu-Natal The … Read more
The South African Police Service (SAPS) 10111 emergency number experienced an outage in Cape Town starting at 16:00 on Tuesday, forcing call operators to rely on backup phones while technicians worked to restore the system. Western Cape police commissioner Lieutenant General Sizakhele Dyantyi confirmed that teams from Telkom and the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) … Read more
Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa security chief Alexio Papadopulo allegedly facilitated subcontracting arrangements worth an estimated R60 million for companies linked to reputed crime boss Ralph Stanfield, according to South African Police Service investigators. The Commercial Crime Unit detailed these allegations in court filings after Papadopulo launched an urgent legal challenge on 20 … Read more
A 70-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of 65-year-old Karen Carter in the French village of Trémolat, according to the BBC. Carter, a South African woman who also held British citizenship, was killed in April 2025. The suspect was initially questioned in connection with the murder and subsequently released before being charged, the … Read more
Dr. Ronald Fischer, a Rhode Island physician who fled during his 2005 criminal trial, was taken into custody last week by the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of New York and New Jersey. Law enforcement confirmed that Fischer, who was convicted in absentia of first-degree sexual assault, had been living in Los Angeles under … Read more
A toddler has died following a drowning incident in a stormwater pond in New Horizons, Plettenberg Bay, on Friday. The child, who was in the care of his grandmother at the time, fell into the muddy water while playing with two other children. Police have opened an inquest docket to investigate the circumstances of the … Read more
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has filed a constitutional court challenge against a new Zimbabwean law extending presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years. The amendment allows President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030, while shifting the power to appoint the president from public elections to parliament. Legal Challenges to … Read more
President Cyril Ramaphosa has granted the Madlanga Commission a two-and-a-half-month extension to complete its final report, citing the need to finalize unfinished work. The commission, originally scheduled to submit its findings on 31 August, is now set to deliver its report on Monday, 16 November 2026. Revised Timeline and Operational Scope The Presidency confirmed that … Read more
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has initiated manhunts following two separate incidents: a violent farm attack near Komatipoort in Mpumalanga and a house robbery in Rustenburg, North West. In Mpumalanga, a security officer was hospitalized after being shot on duty, while in Rustenburg, police are searching for a suspect linked to a house robbery … Read more
Three men accused of murdering e-hailing driver Isaac Satlat will remain in custody after the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court denied their bail applications on Tuesday, 23 June 2026. Goitsione Machidi, McClaren Mushwana, and Thabang Kenneth Mothwa were denied release due to strong evidence presented by the state, which includes dashcam footage and the discovery of the … Read more