A four-day multi-agency Operation Phakisa in the Northern Cape led to arrests and seizures including drugs (R98,500), illicit cigarettes (R390,000) and fish (R1,500).
Police in Kimberley seized dagga with an estimated street value of R87 120, ammunition and a Ford Figo during stop-and-search operations; four suspects were arrested.
All Namakwa District schools closed and Grade 12 preparatory exams postponed after SAWS issued a Yellow Level 4 disruptive rain warning for Monday.
Meteorologists expect a wet start to September across central and eastern South Africa, then rising temperatures and El Niño-driven heatwave risk into summer.
A Springbok man, Johndro Gous, was sentenced to 10 years for stabbing a 16-year-old in Vaalwater. Two years suspended; court barred him from working with children.
Ernest Khoza was sentenced to 25 years after being convicted of raping a woman in front of her two-year-old during a 2018 Warrenton home invasion. He...
A powerful cut-off low is expected between 9–11 Aug and could bring widespread rain, cold winds and snow to at least five provinces during the Women’s...
A Kimberley court sentenced a 30-year-old man to five years for sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s 15-year-old daughter on December 11, 2025, in Homestead.
SAPS Northern Cape says a WhatsApp message accusing Deputy Provincial Commissioner Luntu Ngubelanga of taking bribes to make dockets disappear is false and misleading.
A Northern Cape mother working in domestic cleaning says the R580 Child Support Grant covers school costs but leaves families short on food and rent.