Domestic

Col Nkwalase says when they were arrested they were dressed in the full Gauteng Traffic Uniform in an attempt to evade arrest. He says upon searching their vehicle, police found an unlicensed firearm with ammunition, a signal jammer, blue lights, SAPS issued firearm holsters, false government number plates and uniforms.

A foreign national who was caught transporting drugs when the country was in the Covid Level 5 National Lockdown, has been sentenced in the Northern Cape.

A Durban woman says she's been left traumatised after she and other churchgoers were held up at gunpoint during a service in Verulam. Jackie Naidoo was attending mass at the Immanuel Community Church on Thursday evening when five armed men held up the congregation.

Cash-strapped consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets next month as unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund points to fuel price hikes for all grades. The Automobile Association (AA) says according to the data, petrol ULP95 will climb by around 35 cents a litre, and petrol 93ULP by around 30c/l.

Popular musician and television personality Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye was granted R10 000 bail in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday on charges of rape, attempted murder and assault. He was arrested on Wednesday after handing himself over at Brixton Police Station.

An alleged drug trafficker who was found in possession of heroin worth over R75 million has abandoned his bid for bail. The Swazi national, 48-year-old Bonginkosi Gamedze was travelling from Mozambique to Badplaas where he was arrested as a result of a tip-off.

In May the Department of Correctional Services issued a termination notice indicating that it wants to take over the prison within 90 days. The 90-day notice ends on Monday 31 July.

A Gauteng couple has been sentenced in the Kempton Park Regional Court this week for their role in the smuggling of reptiles from South Africa. Gerald van der Westhuizen was fined R1 million of which half was suspended for five years on condition that he is not convicted of a similar offence.

An 82-year-old substitute teacher from a private school in Pretoria has been dismissed for allegedly promoting racism. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says the woman was busy teaching her Grade 8 English class on Monday when she wrote racist remarks on the whiteboard.