Domestic

Internal probe underway into escape of ten prisoners from NW police holding cells.

Free State police are continuing the search for a man who was believed to have been kidnapped during a mob justice incident on Monday.

There's been a general sigh of relief and welcome as the South African Reserve Bank kept the repo rate unchanged at 8.25%.

It was a day of high drama on Wednesday afternoon when a father and his 11-year-old daughter were pulled out to sea in a fierce rip current at Herold’s Bay along the Garden Route. Thankfully – and also with the help of the NSRI’s famous pink rescue buoys – help quickly arrived in the form of three young quick-thinking swimmers and other role-players who managed to get the 36-year-old man and his child out of harm’s way.

The Regional Court President for Kwazulu Natal appeared in court on Thursday on corruption-related charges.

Eastern Cape provincial commissioner Lt Gen Nomthetheleli Mene has extended her condolences to the family and loved ones of Captain Mawethu Mantshiyose from the Public Order Policing Unit in Aliwal North who paid the ultimate sacrifice while in the line of duty. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu says Captain Mantshiyose was stabbed by a suspect wanted in connection with an assault to cause grievous bodily harm case.

Police in Cape Town have seized counterfeit goods valued at over R100 million after a search warrant was obtained for a shopping complex close to the Belville taxi rank. According to police, a search warrant was executed leading to the discovery of truckloads of fake clothing, jewellery and perfumes.

The National Credit Regulator is calling on South Africans to be cautious with their spending as the Festive Season spending 'spree' looms.

The United National Transport Union has welcomed the strides Transnet Freight Rail is making to arm security personnel with weapons in a quest to fight crime. This comes after an estimated R3.7 billion rand loss in revenue due to cable theft.