A step‑by‑step look at police, forensic and administrative procedures used in South Africa when a body cannot immediately be identified.
Forensic tests will determine whether bones found during a community clean-up after a prayer event are human; police opened an inquest and took family buccal swabs.
Family of missing Pietermaritzburg businessman Anesen Pillay remain hopeful as police take charred remains from his vehicle for DNA testing, IOL reports.
Human remains found near the Oudtshoorn Infantry School during a training exercise have prompted questions about missing soldier Isak Thompson; identification is pending.
Retired SAPS captain Ashley Houston told the Madlanga Commission the officers' accounts of the 2023 Loftus shooting don’t match physical evidence and firing details.
The Louis Trichardt SPCA said it is assisting police after a 21-year-old Limpopo man was arrested on allegations that he sexually abused and killed 12 goats....
South African Airways (SAA) has confirmed it was the target of a cyber attack that disrupted access to its digital platforms and internal systems over the...