Serah-Lee Venter, a 27-year-old mother of 2, was last seen in Theresapark, Pretoria North, on Tuesday 29 September 2026. Her picture only reached the public on 11 October. This is what is on record, what the police number on her poster shows, which stories online are backed by anything, and how you can help.
An update on the Little Britain Pub shooting in Waterkloof, Pretoria. The accused has appeared in court, the state has given its version of what happened at the door, and his bail application is set down for 20 October. It is also my view on where information comes from, and why the public only gets the version of whoever is willing to talk.
On Saturday 10 October 2026, a single shot at the Little Britain Pub in Waterkloof, Pretoria, killed a member of the MAC’S Motorcycle Club and wounded another. The man police arrested is linked to the Crusaders. Within a day the shooting was being told as the start of a biker war. Here is what the police confirmed, what the two clubs’ leaders have been fighting about, and what the pub’s ban on club patches means for riders who had nothing to do with it.
Racing champion Robert Wolk was shot dead next to a road in Esther Park, Kempton Park, on 16 September 2026, and for several days the killing was reported across South Africa as a road rage incident. In the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on 21 September, the State said it was a planned killing and that…
The South African Revenue Service has assessed the MHR Family Trust, whose trustees are alleged Tembisa Hospital syndicate head Hangwani Morgan Maumela, his mother and his sister, for R1 929 830 817 in tax, penalties and interest. The trustees went to the High Court in Pretoria on 17 September 2026 to have the assessments reviewed…
The body of a woman, believed to be around 30 years old, was found on an open piece of ground in Lama Street, Villa Lisa, Dawn Park, on 17 September 2026. She is the 9th woman found dead in Ekurhuleni since July 2026. Police have a suspect in custody for the first killing and are…
Alleged Tembisa Hospital procurement kingpin Stefan Govindraju has agreed in principle to plead guilty to fraud, money laundering and corruption, according to court papers filed in the Gauteng High Court on 16 September 2026. The draft agreement describes how he allegedly bought the loyalty of hospital officials with luxury vehicles, including a McLaren, a Ferrari…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 348 of 2026, authorising the Special Investigating Unit to investigate North West Transport Investments, North West Star and the Atteridgeville Bus Service. The investigation covers fuel supply, a vehicle rental agreement, a subcontracted commuter bus service and claims paid to companies linked to Mahikeng businessman Suliman Carrim. It also…
The SAPS has confirmed that 4 of the 5 women found dead in and around Kempton Park since 15 July were sexually assaulted, but it has not concluded that the cases are linked and will not call it the work of a serial killer. A man arrested 2 days after the first body was found…
Mozambique has refused to extradite the 2 men accused of murdering Ernst and Dina Marais in the Kruger National Park in May, and they will be prosecuted in Mozambique instead. The Department of Justice says it never lodged a formal extradition request, because the National Prosecuting Authority never asked it to. Mozambique’s constitution has always…
