A convicted armed robber has appeared in court in connection with the murder of a Gauteng police officer.

The first police officer to arrive at the Vosloorus house where Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead, took the stand to give evidence this week. He is the second witness to testify.

Police Minister Bheki Cele says the fact that more than half a million South Africans are in the country's 243 prisons is a clear indication that foreign nationals are not worse than locals regarding crime.

Police officers braved crocodiles and hippos to retrieve the body of a 26-year-old man from a Limpopo dam.

The student teacher who confessed to killing his former girlfriend Allison Plaatjies in Clanwilliam will have to wait until October to find out whether the court thinks he planned her murder.

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A distraught mother says she warned her teen daughter to stop dating the man who is accused of killing her.

More than 300 councillors were killed in South Africa in the past few years, while 900 service delivery protests were held in the country between August 2020 and January 2021.

The man was charged with illegal possession of Schedule 6 medication and could face more charges.

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DA MP James Lorimer told the National Assembly that mine crimes are big business, and the amounts of money involved make it possible to pay off state officials.

Thapelo Jeremiah Sekhau was sentenced in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on Thursday for crimes committed in April and September 2018.

The South African Weather Service has issued an extremely high fire danger warning for the northern, central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape, as well as parts of the Free State and Eastern Cape.

The EFF has criticised the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) for granting President Cyril Ramaphosa another extension to respond to the Phala Phala matter.

A group of 'concerned' Bishops parents are up in arms over what it calls a rapid change in the school's culture, spirit and identity - the parents have also taken umbrage with the school's decision to fly the Pride flag with the Bishops flag.

The former head of treasury in KwaZulu-Natal, Dumisani Sipho Derrick Shabalala, has been sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison.

A tenth suspect has been arrested and joins her nine co-accused who allegedly stole R28 million from Mpumalanga farmers.

Masibolekwe Ndima said he had been parachuted into the void left by the now suspended Lerato Madyo. He has been in the role for eight days.

The first police officer to arrive at the scene where Senzo Meyiwa was shot has given evidence about what happened that day.

A Cape Town Central police officer was shot and killed outside his house in Samora Machel as he returned home after a 12-hour night shift in the CBD.