A Zimbabwean national has been arrested in Hillbrow after police allegedly uncovered an operation producing fraudulent South African identity cards, with 22 blank smart ID cards and a card-printing machine seized.

Six Nigerian nationals accused of defrauding more than 100 women in the United States of over R100 million through alleged online romance scams are set to be extradited from South Africa to the US.

The corruption trial involving former Crime Intelligence head Richard Mdluli and his co-accused has been postponed to 15 September as the defence challenges the validity of search warrants issued during the investigation.

Rooigrond Maximum Security Correctional Centre escapee Edward Khomotso Madiba has been rearrested after escaping from the North West prison on 6 September 2026. Correctional Services is investigating the possibility of an inside job.

Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption and money-laundering case has been postponed to 16 September after she was unable to attend court due to ill-health.

Four senior officials in the Department of Correctional Services, including its Chief Financial Officer, have been suspended pending an investigation into alleged fraud linked to a coal supply tender.

Gauteng has recorded an increase in the number of HIV-positive people remaining on treatment, while more TB patients were also placed on treatment during the 2025/26 financial year, according to the provincial Department of Health.

Two foreign nationals have been arrested after police uncovered an alleged drug laboratory manufacturing Mandrax tablets worth an estimated R100 million at a smallholding in Erasmia, Pretoria.

Police have arrested 40-year-old Hlengiwe Buthelezi in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, following a nationwide search for the woman wanted in connection with the murder of popular DJ Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock.

Parents who lost their children in the Vanderbijlpark school transport crash have expressed anger and disbelief after the driver accused of killing 14 pupils was granted R3,000 bail.

The case against 42-year-old Matipandile Sotheni, who is accused of being the alleged hitman in the murder of Madlanga Commission witness Marius van der Merwe, has been postponed for further investigation.

The family of late Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko has asked the Gqeberha High Court to temporarily halt his inquest, saying they need more time to scrutinise hundreds of documents and properly prepare their case.

A 37-year-old foreign national is expected to appear in court after Tactical Response Team members seized drugs worth an estimated R684,000 during an Operation Shanela II raid in Bloemfontein.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to travel to New Delhi this weekend to participate in the 18th BRICS Summit, where South Africa will push for stronger trade, investment and infrastructure cooperation across the Global South.

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