SAPS

SAPS Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) is seeking the community’s assistance in tracing 14-year-old Rawayline Casper of Nigro Street, Missionvale. Rawayline left his home at about 07:30 on 30 September 2026 and has not returned. His guardian reported him missing at SAPS Algoa Park. Although he has run away before, he has …

JEFFREY’S BAY – The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Jeffreys Bay is appealing to members of the community for urgent assistance in identifying what is believed to be the cremation remains of an unknown deceased person. The discovery was made on 17 September 2026 by a vigilant member of the public who came across …

GQEBERHA – SAPS Bethelsdorp is appealing to the community for information following the theft of a copper church bell. The church was locked and everything was in order at approximately 12:00 on Sunday, 27 September 2026. At about 15:00 on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, the key holder arrived and discovered that the bell had been …

GQEBERHA – The Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in Gqeberha is appealing to the public for help in tracing 16-year-old Thamsanqa Tshefu, who was last seen in Lombards Ground, Missionvale, on Sunday, 27 September 2026. At approximately 21:00 that evening, Thamsanqa’s mother was told by neighbours that the shack where he had …

Police Constable (32) remains in custody following his arrest on allegations of rape. The member was arrested on 19 September 2026 following an investigation into allegations that he raped a minor (15) at Mjiba Street, Booysen Park, Gqeberha. The suspect appeared before the Gqeberha Magistrates Court on Monday, 21 September 2026 and was remanded in …

GQEBERHA – SAPS Kabega Park detectives are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing 35-year-old Phumlane Hlalentla, who has been missing since 25 February 2026. It is alleged that Hlalentla left a residence situated at St Albans Correctional Services on 25 February 2026 without informing anyone of his whereabouts. He was visiting family in …

GQEBERHA – Swift action by SAPS Motherwell led to the arrest of a 20-year-old suspect and the recovery of a firearm and ammunition following a house robbery in NU7, Motherwell. On Thursday, 17 September 2026 at approximately 09:00, a 64-year-old man and his family were at their residence in Mdundu Street when they were confronted …

GQEBERHA – SAPS Kariega is warning motorists, particularly parents and caregivers transporting children to school, to remain vigilant following a number of Theft Out of Motor Vehicle incidents reported in the Kariega policing precinct during the morning school drop-off period. The incidents occur when motorists leave their vehicles unattended, even for a short period, creating …

GQEBERHA – A breakthrough in the investigation into the attempted murder of a 35-year-old woman in Missionvale, Algoa Park, has resulted in two suspects being linked to the shooting. On 27 April 2026 at approximately 20:00, the victim left her home walking to a nearby shop. While walking in the street, she noticed two males …

GQEBERHA – The South African Police Service (SAPS) in New Brighton is appealing to the public for assistance in locating 20-year-old Likhanye Mjoli, who was reported missing. Mjoli was last seen on 1 September 2026, when she left her home in Nconco Street, New Brighton. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a …

Cathleen Hendricks (44) was sentenced to five years direct imprisonment by the Oudtshoorn Magistrate’s Court on 28 August 2026 for money laundering after she pleaded guilty. It is reported that during April 2018 members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation based in George held a joint intelligence driven operation with the Oudtshoorn K9 Unit, …

GQEBERHA – Bethelsdorp SAPS are seeking the assistance of the community in tracing the next of kin of an unidentified male whose body was discovered in bushes in Kwanoxolo, Bethelsdorp. On Wednesday, 9 September 2026, at approximately 14:05, police responded to a complaint of an inquest at the bushes over the bridge near Jurassic Park, …

GQEBERHA – The Gqeberha Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit is appealing to the community to assist detectives in tracing the mother or any person who may have information regarding a newborn baby boy who was abandoned in Spondo Road, near a local shopping centre. On Saturday, 22 August 2026, at approximately …

GQEBERHA – SAPS in Gqeberha is urging residents to remain vigilant and strengthen their home security following two separate house robberies at retirement villages in the Kabega Park and Mount Road policing areas. On 8 September 2026 at approximately 02:00, Kabega Park SAPS attended to a house robbery at a retirement village in Great West …

GQEBERHA – Swartkops SAPS members recovered four stolen e-bicycles valued at approximately R500 000 in Wells Estate on Thursday, 10 September 2026, following information received regarding stolen property. At approximately 19:05, Swartkops SAPS Vispol members followed up on information regarding stolen property allegedly concealed at a house in Australia Street, Wells Estate. Four black e-bicycles, …

The South African Police Service Eastern Cape, led by MEC for Community Safety, Mr Xolile Nqatha and the Provincial Commissioner of Eastern Cape Lieutenant General Vuyisile Ncata officially released the provincial crime statistics for the fourth quarter of the 2025/2026 financial year and the first quarter of the 2026/2027 financial year at the Moses Twebe …

GQEBERHA – Chatty SAPS members have arrested a 38-year-old man and recovered two unlicensed firearms and ammunition during an intelligence-driven operation in Phola Park, Booysen Park. The members of the Chatty Crime Prevention Unit were conducting patrols in the Phola Park area when they received information from a community member about a suspicious man carrying …

GQEBERHA – Swift action by Motherwell SAPS members responding to a house robbery in progress resulted in the arrest of a 20-year-old suspect and the recovery of a firearm, while a vehicle allegedly used in two house robberies was also confiscated. On Wednesday, 9 September 2026, at about 11:00, Motherwell SAPS members responded to a …

GQEBERHA – SAPS Bethelsdorp detectives are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing 58-year-old Vussy Sibuqashe, who was reported missing on 24 June 2026. Sibuqashe, who works as an electrician, reportedly left his residence in Extension 36, Briggs Street, on 17 June 2026 at approximately 14:00, to attend to a job in the Salt Lake area. …

GQEBERHA – SAPS Kariega detectives are appealing to the public for assistance in locating 20-year-old Oyintando Gqabi, who was reported missing on Monday, 7 September 2026. It is alleged that on Sunday, 6 September 2026, at approximately 11:20, Gqabi left KwaNobuhle by taxi, travelling to Kariega town. He arrived in town and was last seen …

CHATTY – SAPS Anti-Gang Unit (AGU), joined by SANDF members found and confiscated three rifles at a house in Chatty on 02 September 2026. This followed after members of AGU followed up on information that led police to a shack behind a house in Marikana, Chatty. On searching the premises, three (3) rifles and 179 …

JEFFREY’S BAY – A coordinated multi-agency intelligence-driven operation has successfully resulted in the arrest of three suspects and the seizure of a substantial quantity of illicit narcotics at two separate premises within the Jeffreys Bay policing precinct on Wednesday, 02 September 2026. The team formed part of a massive, ongoing inter-provincial cross-border operations across the …

EASTERN CAPE – The Gqeberha Regional Court at the New Law Courts has convicted two accused, Megan Brooks (42) and Leroy Bezuidenhout (36) of fraud and money laundering following an investigation into the financial affairs of Keens Wholesalers in Korsten, Gqeberha. The court convicted Brooks and Bezuidenhout on 26 August 2026. Their co-accused, Rochanda Leander …

PORT ALFRED – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has successfully taken a rape suspect into custody after a local community group, tracked down the fleeing fugitive and safely handed him over to the police without any injuries. The breakthrough follows an incident on Saturday, 22 August 2026, when the young male suspect (20 years …

GQEBERHA – The Nelson Mandela Bay uh District Intervention Task Team has made a breakthrough in an attempted murder investigation in Algoa Park by arresting and linking a 20-year-old suspect, who was previously arrested for murder, to the attempted murder of a 42-year-old man. The attempted murder incident occurred on 26 June 2026 at approximately …

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Motherwell acted swiftly to apprehend a suspect with unlicensed firearm and ammunition on 20 August 2026 at about 22:20. This follows after SAPS Motherwell Crime Prevention Unit members on routine patrol spotted a silver Mercedez Benz in NU9. On approaching the vehicle, it sped away from police. A …

Three foreign nationals aged between 28 and 45 were arrested on Wednesday, 19 August 2026, following a joint operation that uncovered suspected illegal abalone related activities at a lodge in the Southwell area outside Bathurst. Members of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment were conducting patrols in the Southwell area at approximately 12:00 …

GQEBERHA – The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gqeberha welcomed the conviction and sentencing of two men in connection with the September 2024 shooting in Kwazakele that claimed the life of 27-year-old Sipho Mahlinza and injured a female victim. On 1 September 2024, at approximately 01:15, SAPS Kwazakele members responded to a shooting in …

An off-duty police Constable has come out unharmed following a kidnapping and robbery ordeal that occurred on 17 August 2026 at about 23:30 in a guesthouse at Buckingham Road, Mount Croix, Gqeberha. According to the report, it is alleged that the guesthouse was accosted by three unknown suspects who robbed them of their belongings after …

In sharp contrast to the unfortunates below our experience was pleasant going through the Kinkelbos Roadblock. Nicholas and I were in high spirits as we were off for a boy’s weekend sailing on Wriggleswade Dam as guests of the East London Yacht Club for their annual Frostbite Regatta. Images of the sailing here. We were …