Four suspects have been shot and killed and two arrested during a shootout in iKwezi near Mofolo in Soweto. Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale says members of the Hawks’ Tactical Operation Management Section, Badboyz private security and the Gauteng Police Highway Patrol were involved in a gunfight with the Read more
What started as a frantic search for a missing man ends in heartbreak as Thabo Sekano was hijacked at around 11pm on Friday night, 27 February, in Chiawelo, Soweto. According to information shared by loved ones, he was kidnapped by unknown suspects and from that moment, the desperate race against time Read more
Messina Moremi is fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of a Joburg hospital. She was shot twice in the head while out with a friend to celebrate getting a job. The friend, Promise Gadebe, was killed in the same attack. The pair was discovered in an open Read more
Police have launched a manhunt after Gauteng National Taxi Alliance chairman Thami Moyo was shot and killed in a hail of bullets on the Soweto Highway in Diepkloof. The incident happened on Thursday morning, 18 September, at about 9.30am. ALSO READ: • Taxi owner shot and killed while having a Read more
The man who raped and murdered six-year-old Amantle Samane has been handed two life sentences. Phete Simiao (25) pleaded guilty to violating the child in October last year. ALSO READ | Phethe Sara Simiao confesses to murdering Amantle Samane He also pleaded guilty to murdering her, saying it was to conceal Read more
Mozambican man Phethe Sara Simiao, 25, says he was drunk when he kidnapped six-year-old Amantle Samane in Orlando, Soweto. The details of how he kidnapped the girl and took her to his backyard shack are contained in his plea statement. The Mozambican, who worked as a welder, pleaded guilty to Read more
Four men from a hostel in Soweto were shot dead during a police operation on Tuesday morning, 5 August on the West Rand in Gauteng. Police said the suspects were on their way to rob a businessman who was going to deposit money at the bank. Gauteng police deputy commissioner Read more
The community of Protea Glen Extension 12, Soweto, has been left shaken to its core, gripped by shock, disbelief, and horror. This after the gruesome discovery of the charred remains of six newborn babies at a dumpsite on Monday morning, 14 July. The tiny bodies were found partly burnt, wrapped Read more
A 12-year-old boy who was allegedly driving a car that crashed into a 14-year-old boy killing him instantly appeared at the Brakpan magistrate’s court on Monday where he faced charges of culpable homicide and driving without a licence. Malcolm Booysens died of his injuries just a few days after celebrating Read more
A Woman from Mofolo South, Soweto, was shot and killed on Friday morning, 6 June. The incident happened outside the gate of a property where she rented a backyard room. The tragic incident occurred shortly after the victim had dropped her son and a friend’s two children off at a Read more