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POLICE MARCH AGAINST KILLINGS AND GBV: But residents say action speaks louder than words
4Oct By News SANo Comments
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POLICE MARCH AGAINST KILLINGS AND GBV: But residents say action speaks louder than words

By Becker Semela: Dipolelo Hou from Buang Basadi, who emphasised GBV. (Image: Supplied by SAPS) Free State Police Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Baile Motswenyane, says that with their protest march, the police stand firm against police murders. She led a strong march against police killings and Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in Mangaung on Friday, 26 September. A joint effort against the scourge She described the march as a show of unity with police, churches, NGOs and government officials walking together to call for an end to violent crime. "The issue of violence cannot be ignored; we cannot sit back while our police officers are targeted and our communities continue to suffer from senseless violence. This is a fight for all of us. P...
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BLOEMFONTEIN MURDERS: Man shot dead in front of his brother, another boyfriend busted for girlfriend murder
13Aug By News SANo Comments
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BLOEMFONTEIN MURDERS: Man shot dead in front of his brother, another boyfriend busted for girlfriend murder

By Becker Semela: The police and the Pathologists next to the body (Image: Supplied) A tragic shooting took place on Tuesday morning when a 44-year-old man was killed while walking to work with his brother. The incident happened around 7 am at the railway crossing between Heidedal and the East-End industrial area in Bloemfontein.  Police spokesperson, Sergeant Sinah Mpakane, said the two brothers were heading to work when they passed an unknown man standing near the railway line. “As they were about to cross, they passed the suspect, a man wearing a hoodie, standing on the side of the sidewalk. Moments later, the suspect opened fire, shooting the victim in the back. After the victim fell, the suspect shot him twice in the head before fleeing on foot,” Mpakane said. She...
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TEARS TURN TO RELIEF: Abducted newborns found alive
21May By News SANo Comments
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TEARS TURN TO RELIEF: Abducted newborns found alive

By Sitha Maliwa: Two newborn baby boys who were abducted from Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha on Tuesday night have been found safe, less than 24 hours after their disappearance. The South African Police Service (SAPS) confirmed that the babies were recovered and two female suspects, aged 25 and 26, have been arrested on charges of child stealing. The infants, aged four days and two days respectively, were reported missing on the evening of 20 May 2025. According to police reports, the mother of one of the infants had left her baby in the Premature Unit (PREM) after breastfeeding around 18:55. When she returned just after 20:30, the baby was gone. A short time later, another mother reported her newborn missing from the same ward. A large-scale investigation was im...
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BABY IN SUITCASE: Mother nabbed after delivering dead baby in suitcase to the police
21May By News SANo Comments
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BABY IN SUITCASE: Mother nabbed after delivering dead baby in suitcase to the police

By Mpumzi Mshweshwe: Crime against kids (Image: Openclipart) Eastern Cape police arrested a 32-year-old woman in connection with the death of her three-year-old daughter on Monday, 19 May 2025. The woman is reported to have carried and travelled with the child’s body in a suitcase in a taxi from Mzamba to the Mbizana police station. She travelled a total of approximately 30km to reach the police station, where she dropped off the child and was arrested immediately. The mother is said to have left her three-year-old at home unattended in Mzamba to go meet with her partner on Sunday, 18 May. She told the police that when she returned the following day, on Monday, she found her child by the door and unresponsive. SAPS said that the mother chose not to report the incident ...
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SILENT THREAT: Illegally refilled gas cylinders could turn homes into bombs, expert warns
23Apr By News SANo Comments
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SILENT THREAT: Illegally refilled gas cylinders could turn homes into bombs, expert warns

Sitha Maliwa (Image: EasiGas) With electricity prices set to rise by 12.7% come 1 April 2025 and inflation edging up again, more domestic consumers are expected to seek cost-effective and reliable energy alternatives, such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the cost of which is approximately 15% lower than that of electricity. However, to save additional money, some individuals may unwittingly buy unsafe, illegally filled LPG cylinders. “If an unauthorised person fills the branded cylinder of a legitimate company, instead of the owner of the branded cylinder themselves, or an approved distributor, then it is considered to be illegally filled,” explains Nomkhosi Makhathini of Easigas. “The South African National Standard, SANS 10019, requires that all LPG cylinders must be h...
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