Domestic

Gauteng police have arrested a 55-year-old Indian national in Lenasia south of Johannesburg for allegedly planning the kidnapping of a minor.

Approximately 40 primary school pupils from Verulam, KZN, needed urgent medical assistance after falling sick from allegedly consuming lollipops purchased at a market day event.

Gauteng police have arrested six suspects in connection with the murder of two police officers who were killed in separate incidents this week.

More and more consumers are borrowing cash to make ends meet. That's according to a debt solutions group, which found that the number of people turning to unsecured credit to supplement their income grew in the third quarter of the year.

Despite coming under fire from opposition parties for the procurement of 20 donkey carts for transportation, the North West department for community safety and road management is forging ahead with the project.

The Provincial Commissioner of the police in Mpumalanga has called for calm following incidents of violent protests at Vosman near Witbank.

Three children who were shot and wounded were dropped off at the Fire Department in Strand on Sunday evening. A spokesperson for ER24 Ross Campbell says they were called in just after 7 pm where they found two boys aged 11 and 14, critically wounded in their abdomens.

The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (NPA AFU) has obtained an order to preserve various properties which the unit says are the proceeds of illegal activities at the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). The preservation order includes nine luxurious residential estates to the value of more than R22 million, a BMW 420i convertible and two Ocean Basket franchises.

There was some hushed laughter in the Gqeberha magistrates court on Friday as the protracted bail application of murder accused Arnold Terblanche is underway. Defence attorney Peter Daubermann battled to convince the court why Terblanche parted with more than R500,000 – while behind bars at St Albans Prison – saying that his client is a victim of extortion.