2025.1.2 Man arrested for the murder of his father
Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Free State
FREE STATE – Winburg police have arrested a 21-year-old man for murder after he allegedly fatally stabbed his 42-year-old father on the chest at a local tavern in Winburg.
It is alleged that on Wednesday, 1 January 2025 at about 11:00, the father and son were at a local tavern, and an argument ensued between the two and it led to the alleged stabbing. The 42-year-old victim was taken to the local hospital with a stab wound on the chest, where he later succumbed to his injuries. Police were summoned by hospital personnel and a murder case docket was registered.
Preliminary investigations were conducted, and the 21-year-old suspect was subsequently arrested for murder. He will appear in the Winburg Magistrate’s Court soon.
2025.1.2 Three suspects arrested for attempted theft of state minerals; others found busy with illicit mining activities
Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Free State
FREE STATE – Three separate case dockets of attempted theft of State minerals, Trespassing, Contravention of Mine Health and Safety Act and Contravention of Immigration Act were opened at Vierfontein Police Station. The collaboration between Operation Vala Umgodi team of the South African Police Service and Private Security Companies resulted in the arrests of three (3) foreign nationals mining State minerals illegally at Kopanang Mine. The first male aged 42 was arrested in possession of gold bearing amalgam weighing at 18.86 kilograms. He was also found in possession of contraband foodstuffs which he alleges he battered for gold bearing material to illegal miners underground.
The second foreign national aged 32 was apprehended in possession of gold bearing amalgam weighing at 1.99 kilograms. According to the suspect, there is still a number of illegal miners busy with illicit mining activities at three plants known to him. The third male arrested was found in possession of gold bearing amalgam weighing at 2.00 kilograms. The 47 year old year foreign national alleges that there is plenty of food that is still being sold between illegal miners underground.
Combat and Proactive operators executed various operational concepts at hotspot areas and known locations and a 30 year old male was arrested on an open veld near Hani Park – Bronville. The suspect was found busy with illegal mining activity and gold bearing material weighing at 48.36 kilograms was seized. The second suspect aged 27 was also arrested in Hani Park by the police and gold bearing material weighing at 28.46 kilograms was seized. Cases of Possession of suspected gold bearing material were opened at Bronville Police Station.
The operation continued in in Welkom area and a 36 year old male was found busy in an open pit with illegal mining activity at ARM 7 near Phomolong. Gold bearing material weighing at 25.16 kilograms was seized. Patrols continued in Allenridge and the 30 year old foreign national was found busy processing gold bearing material on a makeshift slope table at the Rock Dump next to the Dam. Gold bearing material weighing at 12.30 kilograms was seized by the police. Case dockets of Possession of suspected gold bearing material with additional charge of Contravention of Immigration Act were opened at Welkom and Allenridge Police Station respectively.
The suspects will appear before court soon.
2025.1.1 A man allegedly murders girfriend and ends his own life
Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner North West
POTCHEFSTROOM – Police in Mogwase are investigating a case of murder as well as an inquest following an incident wherein the two lifeless bodies were found in the veld at Lotwane Section in Ramokokastadt.
This gruesome discovery was reported to the police on Monday, 30 December 2024 at about 07:00. It is alleged that members of the community were walking past that area when they saw the male and female bodies. The female body was found lying naked next to a footpath in the veld with lacerated stab wounds on her neck. The victim’s clothes and underwear were hidden about 30 metres deeper into the bush. Furthermore, about 20 metres from her body was a body of a male person hanging from a tree with a rope around his neck.
Preliminary police investigations revealed that the two were allegedly living together, but the woman had allegedly moved out due to domestic violence the previous week. It was also confirmed that on the night of the murder and suicide incident, the murder suspect had phoned the victim to come and collect one of their children who was crying relentlessly and in need of her mother. The woman responded to that call and that was the last time she was seen alive.
The two were later identified as 38-year-old Khumo Moatshe and his 26-year-old girlfriend, Kefilwe Mosane. Police investigations continues.
The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng condemned this domestic violence incident in the strongest possible terms. He urged members of the community to seek professional help on how best to deal with this societal problem, rather than resorting to violence. He also extended his deepest condolences to the bereaved families.
2024.12.19 Three life terms each for funeral cover insurance fraud murders
Mbele made herself the policyholder and the beneficiary of the policies
A Durban woman and her accomplice who plotted the deaths of two of her relatives and a family friend have been handed three life sentences.
Nonhlanhla Mbele, 42, and Mthofi Cyril Msipha, 53, were sentenced by Durban high court acting judge Kevin Gounden on Thursday.
Gounden had convicted the pair earlier this month. He found the pair were responsible for the murders of Mbele’s sister Susan Xolo, brother-in-law Thulani Cele and someone she knew from church Thamsanqa Mthembu. Mbele was also found guilty of conspiring to kill her helper Nonkuleko Hadebe and family friends Nosipho Mdlalose and Sthembile Hadebe.
The National Prosecuting Authority said before the murders, Mbele devised a plan to enrich herself through fraudulent claims from funeral policies.
Between June 2019 and September 2020, she obtained funeral cover plans through Capitec Bank/Centriq Life Insurance Company, insuring several members of her immediate family as well as people known to her.
Mbele made herself the policyholder and the beneficiary of the policies. According to the policies, Capitec undertook to pay out double the cover amount if the assured person died in an accident or from unnatural causes.
After their murders, Mbele lodged a claim with the insurer and was paid out.
Gounden said Msipha had played an active role in the death of Mthembu and Cele where he arranged the hitmen. He bemoaned how Msipha had also tried escaping from custody.
“In my view Msipha played no less a role than his co-accused,” said Gounden.
They also received 15 years for conspiracy to commit murder, while Mbele was also sentenced to 15 years for fraud. Gounden said there was nothing that would jeopardise the upbringing of Mbele’s two minor children. Mbele has four children, two of whom are minors and are in the custody of their father.
They will each serve an effective sentence of one life term.
The judge did no deviate from the prescribed minimum sentence of life for murder despite Mbele having spent four-and-a-half years in prison after her arrest.
The judge said though the delays were brought about by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mbele had also caused delays by changing legal representatives.
“The four years spent does not deviate from the prescribed life imprisonment,” said Gounden.
He rejected allegations of abuse made by the accused against police officials.
“In my view I still think it’s unbelievable. Mbele just refuses to take responsibility for her actions. This shows lack of remorse. She should have been sincere and taken the court into her confidence,” said Gounden.
He hoped the sentence would prevent like-minded individuals from committing the same offences.
“The offence is heinous and the accused showed disregard for the public The sentence should send a clear message that such behaviour will not be tolerated and I am persuaded there are no compelling and substantial circumstances for deviation from the minimum sentence,” said Gounden.
Victor Mthembu, 62, Thamsanqa Mthembu’s father, said he had mixed reactions to the sentences.
“I would have wanted the sentences not to run concurrently because, who knows, maybe they will get parole.”
Police in Bethlehem in the Free State seek assistance from the public in identifying the three persons of interest as per attached identikits. Police believe these persons of interest can assist in solving a case of house robbery which took place in December 2024 wherein victims were robbed of their cellphones at certain flats in Bethlehem.
The newly appointed Police Constables have already hit the ground running following their successful training at various SAPS academies leading to their #PassingOutParades last week.
Limpopo SAPS received 74 Constables that will be deployed to various police stations and identified crime hotspots.
2024.12.17 Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner North West
POTCHEFSTROOM – Five suspects appeared before the Wolmaransstad Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 12 December 2024, on charges of kidnapping and two counts of murder.
The suspects’ court appearance stems from their apprehension on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, by members of the Provincial Anti-Gang Unit as well as Kanana and Leeudoringstad police stations. It is alleged that members received information about the two men who were reported kidnapped in Kanana near Orkney. The information was operationalised and led the members to a certain house in Kanana, although neither the suspects nor the victims were found. Furthermore, members were led to a farm between Orkney and Leeudoringstad whereupon investigation, two bodies of African males were found buried in the shallow graves. Preliminary investigation revealed that the bodies were allegedly burned before they were buried.
The farm owner Khulelaphi Joseph Bernard (53) together with his niece Dikopo Alvin Bani (27) who was found with blood stained clothes, were arrested at the farm. Later during the same day, community members at Kanana arrested a Lesotho foreign national known as Takana Takana (36) who was sought in connection with the kidnapping of the two victims. It was further established that the farm owner has a bottle store in Kanana which was broken into during the weekend, and on Sunday, 08 December 2024, he allegedly arranged the two men and they all went to look for the suspects themselves. They eventually found the suspects and forcefully loaded them into the back of the Nissan NP300 bakkie and drove away, that was the last time the victims were seen alive. One of the deceased’s body was mutilated while the other had a cut on a throat.
Meanwhile, the other two suspects, Siyabonga Bernard (22) and his friend Obakeng Seiphetlho (28) handed themselves over to the police on Wednesday, 11 December 2024, and were charged with kidnapping and two counts of murder. However, all charges against Seiphetlho were dropped after being turned into a state witness. The remaining four were remanded in custody until their next appearance at the same Court on Thursday, 19 December 2024, for a formal bail application. The vehicle that was used in the commission of the crimes, was confiscated.
The Provincial Commissioner of North West, Lieutenant General Sello Kwena, condemned this heinous act of crime in the strongest possible terms. He applauded the police and members of the community for assisting each other in ensuring that the alleged perpetrators are brought to book to face the full might of the law.
Investigation into the matter continues.
2024.9.13 A tip-off leads to suspected live stock thieves arrested with 10 cattle
A tip-off leads to suspected live stock thieves arrested with 10 cattle
2024/09/13
Media Statement
South African Police Service
Office of the Provincial Commissioner Free State
WELKOM – Members of Welkom Public Order Policing led by Warrant Officer Thabo Booy received information from a concerned resident of Welkom about suspected stolen livestock that was hidden near Oppenheimer Park Gold Course in Welkom.
The information was operationalised on 12 September 2024 at about 17:00 and the scene was visited where two men were found, matching the description provided by the informer, with five cattle and five calves. The suspects failed to disclose valid documentation to be in possession of the livestock. Two male suspects, aged 23 and 52 were arrested for possession of suspected stolen livestock.
The Odendaalsrus Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit will take over the investigation. The two suspects are set to appear in Welkom Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 16 September 2024.
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警方接到举报，逮捕涉嫌偷窃牲畜的嫌疑人，和 10 头牛
2024/09/13
媒体声明
南非警察局
韦尔科姆——由准尉塔博·布伊 (Thabo Booy) 率领的韦尔科姆公共秩序警察部队成员从韦尔科姆的一位忧心忡忡的居民那里收到了有关信息，称有疑似被盗牲畜藏匿在韦尔科姆奥本海默公园金矿场附近。
该信息于 2024 年 9 月 12 日 17:00 左右实施行动，警方前往现场，发现两名男子，符合举报人的描述，他们有五头牛和五头小牛,嫌疑人未能出示持有牲畜的有效证件,两名分别为 23 岁和 52 岁的男性嫌疑人因持有疑似被盗牲畜而被捕。
Odendaalsrus 牲畜盗窃和濒危物种部门将接手调查。两名嫌疑人将于 2024 年 9 月 16 日星期一在韦尔科姆地方法院出庭。
2024.9 Third Quarter Crime Statistics 2023/2024
SAPS Crimestats
CRIME STATISTICS: INTEGRITY
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has accepted a new and challeging objective of ensuring that its crime statistics are in line with international best practice. This will be achieved through a Memorandum of Understanding with Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), aimed at further enhancing the quality and integrity of the South African crime statistics.
The crime statistics generated by SAPS are an important link in the value chain of the statistics system informs policy development and planning in the criminl justice system. The collaboration with StatsSA will go a long way in enhancing the integrity of the SAPS crime statistics and ensuring that policy-makers have quality data to assist them with making policy decisions.
POLICE RECORDED CRIME STATISTICS
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
THIRD QUARTER OF 2023-2024 FINANCIAL YEAR
(OCTOBER 2023 TO DECEMBER 2023)
https://www.saps.gov.za/services/downloads/2023-2024_-_3nd_Quarter_WEB.pdf
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2023/2024 年第三季度（2023.10-2023.12）犯罪统计
SAPS 犯罪统计数据
犯罪统计：完整性
南非警察局 (SAPS) 已接受一项新的、具有挑战性的目标，即确保其犯罪统计数据符合国际最佳实践。这将通过与南非统计局 (Stats SA) 签署谅解备忘录来实现，旨在进一步提高南非犯罪统计数据的质量和完整性。
警察局生成的犯罪统计数据是统计系统价值链中的重要环节，为刑事司法系统的政策制定和规划提供信息。与南非统计局的合作将大大提高南非警察局犯罪统计数据的完整性，并确保政策制定者拥有高质量的数据来帮助他们制定政策决策。拨打08600 10111 联系
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