Police in KwaZulu-Natal have intensified the search for Linda Hlongwa who is now believed to be behind the double murder of his 22-year-old girlfriend and her 52-year-old mother who were shot and killed at their home on Income Road at Nazareth in Pinetown on 18 March 2025. Hlongwa who is Read more
A Witness who was supposed to testify in a case at the Wynberg Magistrates Court has been shot and killed inside the court building. The incident happened earlier on Tuesday, 8 April. According to a woman who was at the court at the time of the incident, the shooting happened Read more
A KwaZulu-Natal man who allegedly stabbed his grandmother, 61, in the neck on Sunday has been killed in an alleged mob justice incident. According to security company Reaction Unit South Africa, community members from Mountview apprehended the 24-year-old suspect on Monday morning and allegedly started assaulting him. They allegedly bound Read more
Soweto residents demand justice for little Amantle Samane who was raped and killed later last year. Pethe Simao (24), a Mozambican national, appeared in the Protea Magistrates Court in Soweto on Monday, 7 April. He faces four serious charges: kidnapping, rape, murder and Contravention of the Immigration Act. His case Read more
Hugo Ferreira pleaded guilty to murdering and raping his eight-day-old daughter in 2023. He was sentenced to two life terms in prison terms on Thursday. The court found he was unremorseful, and the murder was premeditated. Hugo Ferreira, the man who raped and murdered his eight-day-old daughter “to give her Read more
MODIMOLLE REGIONAL COURT SENTENCES ACCUSED MARKUS NDLOVU (34) TO 20 YEARS IMPRISONMENT The Provincial Commissioner of Police in Limpopo, Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe, has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of Markus Ndlovu (34), who was found guilty of rape and murder. The court heard that on Sunday, 28 August 2016, Read more
A violent criminal who absconded from sentence and deemed high-risk, was granted parole and went on to commit a series of brutal murders while correctional services officials failed to monitor him adequately. This lapse in the parole system is revealed in a damning report exposing negligence at multiple correctional facilities Read more
The state has argued convicted killer Siphamandla Khumalo, 34, who stabbed his ex-girlfriend more than 22 times in the parking lot of Durban’s Gateway shopping mall in August last year had not shown remorse but instead given a halfhearted apology at the tail end of the trial. Senior prosecutor advocate Read more
Paul Prinsloo was found guilty of the premeditated murders of his wife and stepdaughter in the Pretoria High Court on Monday. Prinsloo shot and killed his wife Magdaleen (58) and his stepdaughter Ruzanne Weideman (31) on 27 November 2023 at the family’s home in Kosmos in Hartbeespoort. Judge Mashudu Munzhelele Read more
Murder suspect Nkululeko Dlamini appeared in the Brits Magistrate Court in the North West on Thursday, 20 March. Dlamini is facing murder and kidnapping charges. He’s also facing three additional charges of attempted robbery with aggravating circumstances and two counts of attempted extortion. Presiding Magistrate Regan Rosenburg postponed the case Read more