After seven years of being a fugitive in Brazil, having fled before standing trial on charges of murder, Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren will finally face the music.
Drivers have been killed and others injured over the past week, with more than 30 trucks torched in a series of violent attacks.
The quarterly crime stats, released by police minister Bheki Cele, show a marked increase from the three months prior.
When detectives found a body dumped in Sunnyside, Pretoria, back in May, the fact that the body was wrapped in a sheet and a curtain, along with fallen leaves found alongside the body, proved crucial.
The investigation into the alleged murder of Vladimir Marugov has taken some bizarre twists and turns, with no sign of slowing down.
Russian oligarch Vladimir Marugov was killed in an outdoor sauna in a bizarre attack on Monday morning, and he isn’t the first.
Peter Madsen, who murdered a journalist on his submarine, escaped prison yesterday, with guards and law enforcement in hot pursuit.
The victim’s incessant social media updates, her video confessionals and text messages with her husband form the central material of the film’s narrative.
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One of the doctors charged with culpable homicide in the death of a 10-year-old boy was gunned down in Joburg yesterday.
Two more gunshot victims were found earlier in the week, contributing to Baden Powell Drive’s notoriety as a dumping ground for bodies.
On August 10, tragedy struck at a clinic in the city of Red Deer, in Canada’s Alberta province, when 45-year-old South African-born family doctor Walter Reynolds was murdered.
In CCTV footage showing the outside area of Talla’s Tavern on Beach Road, a man can be seen hopping off a motorbike and pulling out a gun.
After roughly two years in prison, Peter Madsen has finally admitted to the horrifying murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall in his homemade submarine.
When police arrested two men last month, they thought the murders would end. Now another body has been found, and one of the suspects has committed suicide.
More bodies have been found in the bushes next to Baden Powell Drive, on a stretch locals now refer to as “the killing fields of the Cape Flats”.
The quarterly crime statistics, released last week, emphasise how out of control gang violence is in the Western Cape.
On Monday morning, August 10, South African-born doctor Walter Reynolds was murdered by a patient weilding a hammer and machete at a clinic in Canada.
In the past two days, the bodies of two women have been found in Mtwalume, on KwaZulu-Natal’s south coast. Since April, that makes five bodies in total.
In the ongoing trial of 19-year-old Romando Meyer, who is facing murder charges, it is alleged that a fight over the price of a loose cigarette led to the death of Emile “Milo” Anthony, 23.
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Convicted murderer and white nationalist Jeremy Christian lost his cool in court when a victim confronted him about his crimes.
Following a surge of killings, where defendants used “rough sex” as a defence, the UK is looking into making this inadmissible in court.
Last year, South Africans took to the streets and said #EnoughIsEnough, whilst at the same time asking #AmINext? That battle continues.
The body of a man found in a VW Polo by his girlfriend has left authorities baffled.
A man has been charged with Britain’s first “self-isolation murder” after his wife was found dead at home.
Failing to heed medical advice, especially when you’ve tested positive for the coronavirus, will have dire consequences.
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A video captured a fight between two men, in front of police, that ended with a brick, a death, and a murder charge.
Blessing Bveni is currently facing 12 charges, including murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, in the Cape Town High Court.