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JOHANNESBURG, 4 November 2025– Police in South Africa say they are forming a specialised team to investigate an alleged attempted hit on controversial businessman and African National Congress (ANC) supporter, Brown Mogotsi. Authorities confirmed that a red Chevrolet sedan, believed to have been carrying Brown Mogotsi, came under fire on Monday night while travelling along […]

MADRID, Spain – Spanish authorities are investigating the disappearance of a Picasso painting that went missing while being transported from Madrid to Granada for a scheduled exhibition. The painting, Still Life with Guitar, is an oil-on-canvas work valued at around €600,000 ($700,000). The artwork was due to be displayed last week at an exhibition organised […]

MOSIANE VIEW, South Africa- Police in South Africa’s North West province have condemned the killing of a 48-year-old woman who was beaten to death, allegedly by her 25-year-old son, before he was shot dead by a neighbour. The incident took place on Saturday in Mosiane View, a village outside Mahikeng. Video footage circulated on social […]

KwaMbonambi, South Africa- The family of Nathi Mthethwa, South Africa’s former ambassador to France and Monaco, has urged French and South African authorities to provide clear answers about the circumstances surrounding his death in Paris. The 58-year-old was found dead last Tuesday after falling from the 22nd floor of a hotel in Porte Maillot. His […]

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa- The family of South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, has expressed frustration over the lack of clarity surrounding Mthethwa’s death, following his fatal fall from a Paris hotel. Mthethwa, who served as ambassador since 2023, died earlier this week after falling from the 22nd floor of a hotel in the French […]

Gauteng National Taxi Association chairperson Thami Moyo was shot dead on the Soweto highway on Thursday. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Mavela Masondo confirmed the shooting but said authorities could not yet definitively link the incident to taxi violence. The Gauteng Transport Department said circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear. According to police, Moyo was driving alone […]

BAHAMAS- Police in Eleuthera are investigating a homicide and suspected attempted suicide after a South African woman was found dead on a vessel docked near Harbour Island, alongside a 40-year-old Mexican man discovered with severe arm injuries. The incident, reported shortly after 1 p.m., prompted a swift response from local authorities who were alerted to […]

A police investigation is underway in South Africa’s Limpopo province after the discovery of more than 40 unclaimed bodies buried in two large pauper’s graves at Mookgophong cemetery, without coffins and in what critics call undignified conditions. Forensic teams began exhuming the remains on Monday, with police and health department officials working to identify the […]

At least 50 foreign nationals are reported to have fled a house in Lombardy East, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday, in what authorities suspect may be linked to human trafficking. According to initial reports, the group escaped from a property in the residential area under circumstances that remain unclear. Police were dispatched to the scene […]

Police have arrested two suspects and recovered an AK-47 rifle following the brutal murder of a 55-year-old shop owner in Qumbu, Eastern Cape, over the weekend. The victim’s body was discovered in a pool of blood after community members grew concerned when his shop remained closed for an entire day. Police found empty AK-47 cartridges […]