MPUMALANGA (CONVERSEER) – A 43-year-old Eswatini national has been arrested in Sundra, Mpumalanga, after police uncovered illicit cigarettes hidden inside water tanks on a truck. Delmas police, working alongside the Sundra SAPS and private security companies, intercepted the vehicle on 5 December 2025 after receiving a tip-off. Officers discovered twelve 5 000-litre tanks packed with…
PRETORIA (CONVERSEER) – Jacobus Stefanus Geldenhuis (65) appeared before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday, 4 December 2025, facing 21 counts of fraud and money laundering. He was granted bail of R10 000, and the case was postponed to 26 January 2026 for docket disclosure. Geldenhuis was arrested after handing himself over…
JOHANNESBURG (CONVERSEER) – A 40-year-old suspect accused of killing a police officer has been located and arrested after evading law enforcement for more than a year. The Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation team arrested Sankelo Anele Ndabezitha in Orange Farm, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, 2 December 2025. He had been on the run since June 2023…
ZAKI (CONVERSEER) – A man was injured and a house destroyed in Yelwan Ariri, Zaki Local Government Area of Bauchi State, following an attack by suspected Fulani herders from Guri LGA, Jigawa State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. on Sunday when the attackers reportedly shot Garba Yahaya, a resident…
By Frank Ulom CAPE TOWN (CONVERSEER) – Five South African nationals accused of recruiting local men to join the Russia–Ukraine conflict are expected to appear at the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on Monday, in a case that has attracted national and international concern. The suspects — Nonkululeko Mantula, Xolani Ntuli, Thulani Mazibuko, Siphamandla Tshabalala and…
