The South African Enquirer

Sipho Mahlangu

Sipho Mahlangu is the Chief Reporter and covers the police, the courts and the crime beat, including the cases that go quiet and the charges that do not hold.

Nine arrested in Mashobodo as police raid illegal gold mining site

Mpumalanga police arrested nine foreign nationals from Mozambique during an intelligence-led raid on illegal miners in Mashobodo on Saturday, with Home Affairs officials now verifying their status in the country.

Sipho Mahlangu · 03 Oct 2026

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Three arrested in Soshanguve, Legonyane and at a training academy over 2024 Makapanstad house robbery

The three suspects were traced through an intelligence-driven operation by Brits Crime Intelligence, the Brits Trio Task Team and Makapanstad Detectives, and are expected in the Themba Magistrates' Court on Monday.

03 Oct 2026

Earlier from Sipho Mahlangu

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Sipho Mahlangu

Nine arrested in Mashobodo as police raid illegal gold mining site

Three arrested in Soshanguve, Legonyane and at a training academy over 2024 Makapanstad house robbery

Earlier from Sipho Mahlangu

Ramokgopa to set out Eskom board changes and the utility's next mandate

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Police seek help identifying man in Sky City rape investigation

Rail theft trial stalls again as accused appears without a lawyer for the seventh time

Cape Town says it beat its taps and toilets targets, and the opposition calls it electioneering

NPA drops Medicare24 charges against Fannie Masemola, clearing way for police chief's return

Police trace Soweto hostel arrest to R55,000 Welkom pensioner kidnapping

Toll plaza stop nets hijacked Hilux and a 60-year-old suspect

Tembisa Hospital fraud accused back in court as SIU seizes R42.4m

Charges against top cop Fannie Masemola dropped, and he wants his job back

Sibiya faces rape and trafficking charges as investigators question police links to Sandton venue

Klerksdorp detective's file work puts rapist away for 16 years

Police hunt gunmen after 27 killed in two mass shootings

Matlala back in court as R228m SAPS tender case restarts

Gunmen kill 27 in two tavern attacks, police hunt eight suspects

Al Jazeera reports several killed in South Africa shooting

Police shoot dead sixth suspect in ambush killing of two crime intelligence officers

Bityi police hunt suspect after viral video shows tied-up woman assaulted

Ramaphosa promises national address on gender-based violence within days

Bloemfontein court jails Lesotho man for ten years over knife attack on girl, 16

SAPS arrests Sydenham mass murder suspect in Melmoth after five-year hunt

Siloam police arrest two suspects after armed house robbery and drug find

Pensioner returns to Sassa a fourth time as funeral policy deductions drain her grant