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By: Neo Ntsele The Free State Provincial Tracking Team has successfully captured a suspect long sought after in connection with a 2009 rape case, following a focused intelligence-driven Operation Shanela II. On Tuesday night, 18 August 2026, at around 20:30, members of the Provincial Tracking Team acted on reliable information about the suspect's location. Members strategically approached and arrested 38-year-old Tshediso Emmanuel Makamole in Phase 10, Mangaung, concluding hi

By: Neo Ntsele A 50-year-old man is set to appear in the Zastron Magistrate's Court following his arrest for allegedly raping his wife at their home in Refeng-kgotso, Zastron. ​According to police, the 54-year-old victim—a practicing Sangoma—was attending to clients at around 02:00 on Friday, 14 August 2026, when her husband demanded intimacy. When she refused due to her work, the suspect forcibly dragged her into a bedroom, stripped both of them, and assaulted her without he

By: Neo Ntsele Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) at Jacobsdal Police Station were alerted to a hostage situation on Moabi Street, Ratanang Township, Jacobsdal, around 11:45 on Sunday, 16 August 2026. The SAPS Xhariep District Commissioner, Brigadier Mohiti Sereetsi, along with the Bloemfontein Tactical Response Team (TRT), Crime Intelligence, SAPS hostage negotiators, and other relevant parties, were promptly dispatched to the location. Upon arrival, initial