An officer who was present when Musa Kekana — a co-accused of Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala — was arrested for the murder of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart, has given evidence virtually in the Johannesburg high court. Sgt Mayisela Ledwaba told the court about the events of that day in April 2024 as the trial-within-a-trial continues in […]

Convicted mother Kelly Smith continues to insist that she had nothing to do with the disappearance of her six-year-old daughter, Joshlin, according to activist Reverend June Dolley-Major. Dolley-Major recently visited Smith at the Worcester Women’s Correctional Facility after Smith contacted her and asked her to pray with her and give her Holy Communion. The visit […]

Limpopo police are appealing for information to help locate a 61-year-old doctor employed at Mokopane Hospital who has been missing since last month. Dr Rega Mohammed Tavangar was last seen by his partner on the evening of 27 August. Police say he dropped his partner off at her rented room in Mokopane. According to police, […]

Six Nigerian nationals wanted in the United States for allegedly defrauding more than 100 women of more than R100 million through online romance scams have been extradited from South Africa. Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the men were extradited to the US at around 18:00 on Friday. “They have left South Africa. They were […]

Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma’s guilty plea in South Africa has sparked new questions about what happens next—especially whether he can now be extradited to the UK to face serious murder charges, or whether he will have to serve his South African sentence first. Tshuma is accused of murdering his wife and two daughters in the UK […]

A newborn baby boy, believed to have been only hours old, was found abandoned near a shopping centre in Gqeberha after being left in the cold in a red Shoprite carrier bag. The tiny infant was dressed in warm clothing and handmade knitted booties when a community member discovered him on Spondo Road on 22 […]

Bafana Mahungela has been found guilty of murdering pregnant teacher Kirsten Kluyts, almost three years after her body was discovered following a run at George Lea Park in Sandton. The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg convicted Mahungela on Friday of kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, murder, attempted rape and obstructing the course of justice. He […]

Four cash-in-transit guards have been killed in separate attacks in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, highlighting the growing danger faced by workers transporting money across South Africa. The deadly incidents happened early this week in Mamelodi East and the Nkunzana area. Several other guards were wounded, while police recovered explosives, firearms and other evidence from the crime […]

Family, friends and fellow cyclists will gather on Friday to celebrate the life of Constantia cyclist Laura Blake, who died after spending more than three weeks in intensive care following a serious road collision. The 51-year-old Zimbabwean-born mother and businesswoman was remembered by her loved ones as a woman “full of life” with an infectious […]

More than two years after six-year-old Joshlin Smith vanished from Saldanha, a yellow ribbon said to carry the child’s DNA has become the centre of a renewed search — and a prison visit left convicted mother Kelly Smith visibly shaken. Search activist Reverend June Dolley-Major has revealed new evidence recovered from the Saldanha dunes after […]