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 […]

BONTEHEUWEL ward councillor Angus McKenzie has urged residents to come forward with information after a video began circulating on social media showing a man recklessly firing what appears to be a shotgun in the community. The footage depicts a woman carrying a baby walking past the shooter as the shots ring out in the opposite […]

Escaped prisoner Edward Khomotso Madiba, who fled from the Rooigrond Maximum Correctional Centre near Mahikeng in the North West on Sunday, has been recaptured. Correctional Services confirmed that Madiba was apprehended at a flat in Brits on Wednesday, less than 72 hours after he escaped. He has been transferred to the high-security Kgosi Mampuru II […]

The alleged mastermind behind the murder of boxing champion Zolani Tete believed the former world champion was responsible for the shooting that left him paralysed, the State has told the Mdantsane Magistrate’s Court. Prosecutor Thango Pangalele argued that Uzuzole Goqwana allegedly carried out a revenge attack based on a mistaken belief. Goqwana, 22, is wheelchair-bound […]

A scholar transport driver accused of the murder of 14 children who died in a crash in the Vaal in January has been granted R3 000 bail by the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court. Ayanda Dludla—charged following the collision that killed the learners and sparked widespread public outcry—was released on Wednesday after the court accepted his renewed […]

Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 40-year-old woman wanted in connection with the murder of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, South Africans were told this week. Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said the woman was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in the Ngcengeni area of Msinga. Netshiunda said she was arrested after members of visible policing […]