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Hendrik Hancke is an award-winning senior journalist who escaped the clutches of the Afrikaans media and now writes for Sunday Times and TimesLIVE about safety and security, energy and social issues.

Postbank says Friday's ruling which threw out its agreement with Sassa could affect three-million social grant recipients who use its banking services.

Postbank worried about 3-million social grant beneficiaries after Sassa ends deal

Embattled Postbank says while it will respect a high court ruling throwing out its urgent application seeking to force Sassa to uphold a service agreement it is concerned about the impact this will have on three-million social grant…

A boat, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, sails off Koufonisi islet, Greece, September 26, 2025. The South African government has again called for safe passage for the vessel filled with activists and reaffirmed its support for the flotilla.

Lamola, Dirco reaffirm support for Gaza flotilla amid drone attack

The department of international relations and co-operation (Dirco) has called for safe passage for the Global Sumud Flotilla which is carrying activists from several countries, including six South Africans, to deliver much-needed…

The illegal firearms that were confiscated in a Western Cape police raid earlier this month.

SAPS vs Ian Cameron over hitmen 'set free and illegal weapons'

Police say all weapons confiscated in a raid in Bellville in the Western Cape, including AK-47 rifles, pistols and ammunition, are accounted for despite a contrary claim by DA MP Ian Cameron

There was a history of domestic violence between them, which propelled the wife to apply for a protection order against the husband. Stock photo.

Suspects who allegedly burned boy to death remanded by court

Three suspects aged between 30 and 41 years appeared in the Centane magistrate's court on Friday for allegedly burning and beating a 12-year-old boy to death.

The inside of a walk-in fridge Mpumalanga farmer Pieter Grobler claimed was used to store pig food. Two of Grobler's family members, Mark and Sonnet Lombard, are joining him in the dock after they were arrested by the Hawks this week.

Two family members of 'rotten food farmer' arrested by Hawks

Two family members will join Mpumalanga farmer Pieter Grobler, who is accused of repackaging and selling expired and rotten food for human consumption, in court after they were arrested by the Hawks this week.

Suspected cable thieves were arrested in Bhisho.

Kidnap victim rescued and two arrests made

The police national anti-kidnapping task team rescued a 30-year-old kidnap victim on Friday and arrested two suspects during an operation in Germiston.

AfriForum to assist in investigation into ex-cop's alleged murder by life partner

A retired police detective has turned to AfriForum’s private prosecution unit for assistance as he fears the SAPS has not gathered all available evidence in the murder case involving his daughter, who was also a former police detective.

A Greenacres jewellery store was robbed on Tuesday afternoon

Two soldiers stabbed to death at Mpumalanga base after altercation

Two soldiers were stabbed to death during the early hours of Saturday at the Macadamia Military Base near Komatipoort in Mpumalanga, allegedly after a confrontation with a colleague.

The scene in Fourways where 40-year-old Mauro Mucambe Junior, a wanted Mozambican kidnapper, was shot dead.

Wanted Mozambican kidnapper killed by cops in Fourways

In yet another success story for the national anti-kidnapping task team, a wanted Mozambican kidnapper was shot dead this week during a tracing operation in Johannesburg.

The police national anti-kidnapping task team rescued a 30-year-old kidnap victim on Friday and arrested two people during an operation in Germiston.

Five suspects killed in two separate shoot-outs with police in KZN

Five suspects were killed in two separate shoot-outs with police in Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday.

6,853 confiscated firearms were involved in murder cases in the past five years. Stock photo.

Three suspected gang members arrested for possession of firearms and ammo in KZN

Three suspected gangsters were arrested in KwaZulu-Natal after they were found in possession of firearms and ammunition.

Levels have increased overnight due to ongoing rainfall in the Vaal River catchment. People living downstream should be ready for possible flooding, the department of water and sanitation warned on Friday.

Dam levels exceed capacity, flooding possible in downstream areas

“Water levels have risen rapidly overnight in the Vaal Dam due to heavy inflows on the upper catchments as a result of the continuous above-normal rainfall on already saturated catchments,” water and sanitation department spokesperson…

The bodies of constables Cebekhulu Linda, 24, Boipelo Senoge, 20 and Keamogetswe Buys, 24, have been retrieved.

Police need assistance finding three missing Free State cops

Police have asked the public to be on the lookout for three police constables who have been missing since Wednesday.

People across the country took to the streets protesting against gender-based violence after allegations that the girl known as Cwecwe was raped. File photo.

Mchunu apologises to principal implicated as suspect in rape of child

Police minister Senzo Mchunu has written a letter to Gerrie Nel of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit to apologise to Jaco Pieters, the principal of Bergview College, for implicating him as a possible suspect in the rape of a minor that…

Some of the stripped bark found in possession of three suspects arrested in the Newlands forest in Cape Town.

Illegal bark strippers arrested in Cape Town's Newlands forest

Three suspects were arrested on Saturday for allegedly illegally stripping bark from trees in Cape Town’s protected Newlands forest.