Domestic

Western Cape police have arrested a man and a woman they believe may be behind a spate of robberies at guesthouses in the province.

Six suspects, including two police officials, have been arrested by the Hawks on charges of kidnapping and extortion in Johannesburg.

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, says South Africa is in talks to sign a ground-breaking vaccine production contract with ImmunityBio, a US-based firm owned by an Eastern Cape-born billionaire.

A Fidelity Guards security officer and an armed robbery suspect were killed in a shootout near Pienaar in Mpumalanga on Thursday.

A 29-year-old woman is expected to appear in the Brits Magistrates' Court on Friday, in connection with the alleged murder of her newborn baby.

The man accused of shooting top Cape Town cop, Charl Kinnear, has been denied bail in the Belville Regional Court. The NPA says the matter against the alleged shooter, Zane Killian, was postponed on Thursday for further investigation.

The Portfolio Committee on Police says after four years, there is now a light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the processing of DNA samples.

North West police have arrested a 40-year-old man on a farm in Keimoes near Upington and rescued a mother and three children “from an abusive spouse and stepfather.”