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Precious Mthembu

Precious Mthembu is the Senior Reporter and covers the police, the courts and the daily news of the country, with the people in the story rather than only the institution answering for it.

Ballot theft foiled at Ngcobo as Eastern Cape police ready election nerve centre

Eastern Cape police leadership inspected election operations in KuGompo and Komani, with the provincial commissioner pointing to the foiled ballot theft at Ngcobo as he urged Crime Intelligence to stay alert.

Precious Mthembu · 06 Nov 2026

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Nine helicopters lift off from Mayfair as Gauteng police watch election hotspots from the sky

Nine helicopters, two of them SAPS aircraft, took off from Arthur Block grounds in Mayfair to monitor law enforcement deployments across Gauteng for the 2026 local government elections.

06 Nov 2026

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Precious Mthembu

Ballot theft foiled at Ngcobo as Eastern Cape police ready election nerve centre

Nine helicopters lift off from Mayfair as Gauteng police watch election hotspots from the sky

Earlier from Precious Mthembu

Justice department books Sun City for three-day access to justice summit

Cape Town's social media desk signs off for the night, with the phone lines still open

Four charged after gun found in Heather Park, 16-year-old among them

JMPD impounds goods of Joburg street traders in by-law crackdown

Hijacker fails at Langlaagte traffic light, then JMPD finds an unlicensed firearm

Roadworks hit Bellville as three busy roads torn up at once

Unregistered voter arrested at Tshwane voting station as Ward 105 result stays off the board

SANDF crowns its top military skills at Potchefstroom prize ceremony

Cape Town spends R8m fixing cables thieves keep stealing in Lower Woodstock

Ballot papers stolen, voters intimidated and party supporters brawling as police open 14 election cases

SANDF names Brigadier General Zanele Mahlangu to head doctrine development

Jewellery heist mastermind who never entered the shop loses his appeal

Mpumalanga is hiring a Provincial Treasury head, and applications close on 20 November

SANDF formations haul it out at Lohatlha as VUKUHLOME V tug of war gets fierce

SANDF says military health service is carrying a double load at Exercise VUKUHLOME V

Cape Town pushes residents to its own news channel as ratepayers ask where the water, power and refuse answers are

SA Army Support Formation beats Intelligence 2-0 to take Clash of Formations soccer title

Eastern Cape gets heavy police deployment for election day

IEC confirms voting stations are closed and counting has begun, with party agents watching every ballot

Bridgetown power cut: Cape Town switches off parts of the suburb for four hours on 11 November

IEC counting pushes on as Mamabolo briefs the media on 2026 local government election results

Government's Public Sector Manager magazine turns its November edition to gender-based violence

Army intelligence volleyball team spikes Airborne Brigade to reach VUKUHLOME V final