The North West shovel murder in Mahikeng is under investigation after a 25-year-old allegedly killed his 48-year-old mother. SAPS probes motive, with the Occult Related Crimes Unit assisting.
Two separate cases put Mitchells Plain violence in focus: a father fatally stabbed at a garage and, in court, a local father set to plead guilty to child-grooming.
Cape Town Metro Police warn that toy gun conversions are turning replicas into weapons that fire live rounds. Teen arrests in Macassar and seizures across the city show the threat reaching schools, urging parents, shop owners and patrols to alert police fast.
President Cyril Ramaphosa granted a Special Official Funeral for Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa. The Nathi Mthethwa official funeral honoured his decades of service as minister, diplomat and anti-apartheid activist, with SAPS ceremonial elements.
SAPS trims Paris mission from five to one senior officer to liaise with French police on Nathi Mthethwa’s death; family expects repatriation this week.
Two Limpopo rape cases head to court: a 24-year-old woman accused of attacking a 13-year-old in a Musina church shelter, and a Letsitele teen and his mother implicated in a nine-year-old’s assault.
The Mitchells Plain stepfather life sentence comes with an extra 40 years for rape and sexual assault over nearly two decades. The survivor, 24, details lasting trauma as the court orders sex-offender and child-protection register listings.
Police have arrested a suspect in the DJ Sumbody murder case, uncovering links to a wider contract killing syndicate operating across Gauteng and Mpumalanga.