POLOKWANE (LOL, CONVERSEER) – Police in Limpopo have arrested three foreign nationals accused of running a “prophetic” scam in Polokwane, allegedly using counterfeit money and rats to swindle unsuspecting community members. The men, all Ugandan nationals aged between 32 and 37, were apprehended on Wednesday after the Provincial Tracking Team followed intelligence about individuals soliciting…
By Joe Udo DURBAN (LOL, CONVERSEER) – Two people have been confirmed dead while more are still trapped under concrete and rubble after a four-storey building under construction collapsed at the River Range Ranch temple in Verulam, Redcliffe, North of Durban, South Africa. The building collapsed on Friday and according to IPSS medical rescue, five…
By Joe Udo PRETORIA (CONVERSEER) – The Pietermaritzburg High Court has handed a double life sentence to convicted hitman Sabelo Phewa for the murder of former Richmond Municipal Manager, Sibusiso Sithole, bringing closure to a case that has unsettled KwaZulu-Natal’s local governance sector for years. Phewa was found guilty of fatally shooting Sithole at the…
By Our Reporter LIMPOPO (CONVERSEER) – A 54-year-old woman from NkowaNkowa in Limpopo, South Africa, has been arrested for attempting to operate her own prison. It was alleged that the woman opened the prison in her own yard on 2 December 2025. The woman, who is a tavern owner, arrested a few men, who were…
POLOKWANE (CONVERSEER) – Bail hearing for Lehlogonolo Chauke a.k.a Shebeshxt is set to continue at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, December 10. Shebe’s attorney Lot Rammusi, will cross-examine the investigating officer, Warrant Officer Phaladi Makola, who opposed bail for Shebe. READ ALSO: 16-year-old Zimbabwean student abused by teacher returns to school amidst celebrations Makola alleged…
SAULSVILLE (CONVERSEER) – National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola who visited the Atteridgeville Police Station confirmed that authorities have identified the suspect responsible for the deadly Saulsville mass shooting that happened on Sunday. Reports indicate that one of the alleged shooters had been released on parole in September. 12 people were killed and a total of…
BRAKPAN (CONVERSEER) – Police have confirmed that three persons of interest have been identified and one has been taken in for questioning following Friday’s assassination of Witness D at the Madlanga Commission, Marius van der Merwe. Addressing the media following a walkabout in Saulsville on Monday, national police commissioner, Gen Fannie Masemola, said the investigating…
MPUMALANGA (CONVERSEER) – A 43-year-old Eswatini national has been arrested in Sundra, Mpumalanga, after police uncovered illicit cigarettes hidden inside water tanks on a truck. Delmas police, working alongside the Sundra SAPS and private security companies, intercepted the vehicle on 5 December 2025 after receiving a tip-off. Officers discovered twelve 5 000-litre tanks packed with…
PRETORIA (CONVERSEER) – Jacobus Stefanus Geldenhuis (65) appeared before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday, 4 December 2025, facing 21 counts of fraud and money laundering. He was granted bail of R10 000, and the case was postponed to 26 January 2026 for docket disclosure. Geldenhuis was arrested after handing himself over…
JOHANNESBURG (CONVERSEER) – A 40-year-old suspect accused of killing a police officer has been located and arrested after evading law enforcement for more than a year. The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team arrested Sankelo Anele Ndabezitha in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, 2 December 2025. He had been on the run since June 2023…
