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Five suspects involved in the shooting of a security officer in KwaMashu on Monday are still at large. File photo.Image: 123RF/Roger Lamkin

Boy, 3, wounded in crossfire at his home in Port Elizabeth

Eastern Cape police have arrested a man who allegedly shot a three-year-old boy in Helenvale in Port Elizabeth. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said on Wednesday morning that the boy was with his father in their yard when he…

A constable who graduated from the police academy in December 2018 was killed while trying to detain a suspect in Johannesburg.Image: Elvis Ntombela

Bullet fired at party after ‘gangster’ funeral kills 11-year-old boy

A detective task team has been set up to track down the gunmen who randomly fired into the air at a party after a funeral in Port Elizabeth at the weekend, resulting in the death of an 11-year-old child. Mbasa Dlamini died on Saturday…

Mpumalanga police are looking for a man who allegedly raped a nine-year-old girl and killed her mother by setting fire to their shack.Image: Supplied

Lovers’ quarrel ends with baby boy burning to death

An argument between a couple ended in tragedy when the boyfriend allegedly set their home alight, killing a one-year-old baby. Thuso Moalafi, 32, and his girlfriend arrived home at Dinokana village near Lehurutshe, in the North West, on…

Police search and rescue unit divers recover the body of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while fishing in the Umzimkulu River, on the KZN South Coast, on Sunday.Image: Supplied

Police divers find drowned teen

A teenage boy drowned while fishing in the Umzimkulu River, on the KZN South Coast, on Sunday. Police search and rescue divers rushed to the scene in the Mehlomnyama area and, guided by a specialised search dog, located the 16-year-old’s…

The stuffed toy snake which OR Tambo International Airport security refused to allow on board on Saturday morning.Image: Twitter/@Nicole_Fritz

OR Tambo airport defends barring boy’s toy snake from flight

Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport has defended stopping a five-year-old boy from boarding a flight with a stuffed toy snake as his hand luggage. Airport spokesperson Leigh Gunkel-Keuler said security personnel did what they…