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Crime Scene Logo By: Neo Ntsele On 24 April 2026, the Free State High Court in Welkom sentenced 55-year-old Mozambican national, Frimino David Matola, following his conviction on 23 April 2026 for multiple offences. These offences include the murder of a police officer, two counts of attempted murder, illegal possession of an automatic firearm and ammunition, and breaches of immigration laws. The charges relate to the fatal shooting of Sergeant Disema Steven Mapane on 6 De

Crime Scene Logo By: Neo Ntsele On 20 April 2026, the Vrede Regional Court sentenced a Zimbabwean named Felix Magatu, aged 44, to seven years in prison for tampering with or damaging essential infrastructure and another seven years for stealing crude oil. He was also deemed unfit to own a firearm. Magatu's accomplice, Shepard Vareni, is currently serving a prison sentence after being sentenced by the same court in November 2025. On 25 September 2023, security personnel were

Stolen Lion Cubs By: Neo Ntsele Elias Moloi (36) and Mokete Elizabeth Dikoko (51), a police administration clerk at Bothaville SAPS, appeared in the Bothaville Magistrates Court on 7 April 2026 for allegedly violating the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004. They were arrested along with a 14-year-old minor on Thursday, 2 April 2026, in Bothaville while attempting to sell four lion cubs at a price of R100,000 each. Members of the Hawks in Welkom resp