Two high school lovers are expected to appear in court for a charge of defeating the end of justice after they allegedly staged a kidnapping and demanded R1million ransom.
Mayor Herman Mashaba said the condition of roads across the City of Johannesburg was a matter of concern.
A father called the police after his son came home with a suspected stolen cellphone on Wednesday morning.
A joint intelligence-led operation by the narcotics unit foiled a planned drug trafficking operation where large volumes of dagga were to be transported to Namibia from Joburg.
Housing dissatisfaction leads to march to Luthuli House
A suspect in the Amy-Leigh de Jager was released on a R25 000 bail, while two others remained in custody.
Gauteng police said they had launched a manhunt following a robbery where a man’s Rolex watch was stolen in Sandton, on Thursday afternoon.
An off-duty police officer had been driving in his white VW Golf when he allegedly made a U-turn and nearly collided with a blue Nissan Almera.
A 33-year-old man was arrested for allegedly drugging and raping a 21-year-old student at his Joburg flat.
A 25-year-old woman is among four suspects arrested for possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition in three different incidents in Limpopo over the weekend.
The suspects allegedly contacted the victims North West-based parents and demanded a R150 000 ransom to ensure their safe release.
A man who allegedly killed his partner’s three-year-old son and seriously injured his seven-year-old brother with a stab wound, was found dead in his vehicle just outside Mahikeng.
Police in Johannesburg acted quickly after an armed gang targeted a clothing store and fled with more than 170 cellphones on Thursday morning.
Gauteng police have launched a manhunt for the fourth suspect linked to the gang that is allegedly targeting Chinese nationals in Johannesburg
The suspect Mahlomohi Bafokeng was arrested on Monday. He faces charges of kidnapping and extortion for allegedly snatching de Jager from her mother.
Two suspects were killed and another wounded in a shootout when police foiled a suspected business robbery in the Crown Mines area on Tuesday
The accused intended to kill her children and had made sure that her plan was executed perfectly, Judge Sheila Mphahlele said ahead of Zinhle Maditla sentencing to four life terms.
Johannesburg - A security officer was shot dead during an armed robbery at the Randridge Mall in Randpark, Randburg on Tuesday. It is alleged that six suspects stormed into the Pep store at the mall and grabbed the security officer who was standing by the entrance of the store and dragged him inside.
Judge Sheila Mphahlele says she has to apply her mind to the evidence before handing down he sentence.
Panyaza Lesufi vowed to donate R50 000 together with his friends to the family of a car guard that was killed by a motorist in Springs in 2018.
Motorists have been urged to make use of alternative routes ahead of a planned march taking place in Sandton on Friday morning.
Johannesburg - A 17-year-old learner was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old schoolmate following a scuffle over a cellphone at Tokelo Secondary School in Evaton, Sebokeng. The Gauteng MEC for Education and Youth Development Panyaza Lesufi expressed his shock at the death of the Grade 10 learner who allegedly stabbed by a Grade 9 schoolmate.
ANC members from Peter Mokaba Region in Limpopo on Monday called for the reinstatement of two members implicated in the VBS report.
The City of Johannesburg EMS had to withdraw from their duty as looters were aggressive in the Joburg CBD after they set alight a store in Bree Street.
The killers stole four plasma TVs, laptops, cellphones and a car.
