Monday, October 26th, 2026
Kids also inside house, but not hurt
Officer shoots wife, himself
CRIME SCENE: Ikamvelihle, Eastern Cape: A 49-year-old police officer allegedly shot his wife before turning the firearm on himself at a home in Bumbane Street on Monday morning. 26 October 2026.
The officer died as a result of the gunshot wound, but his wife survived the attack and was rushed to hospital, where she is receiving treatment for three gunshot wounds.
According to the police, there were two children inside the house at the time of the incident but they were not injured.
“The incident occurred at about 07:00 and the officer is believed to have used his service pistol during. An inquest docket and an attempted murder case has been opened. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation,” said SAPS.
Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Vuyisile Ncata, described the incident as deeply distressing and extended his thoughts to the injured woman, the children who witnessed the aftermath, and the family. He said SAPS management would ensure counselling and support are made available to those affected.
Ncata also urged police members and their families facing emotional distress, domestic conflict or personal difficulties to seek assistance through SAPS wellness services, trusted colleagues or professional counsellors
Polisie sersant met meswond bors aangetref
Meisie vas ná steekdood
MISDAADTONEEL: Pacaltsdorp, George: ‘n Sersant in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) se meisie is gearresteer nadat hy doodgesteek is.
Die 32-jarige vrou sal na verwagting op 27 Oktober 2026 in die George-landdroshof verskyn in verband met die moord op die 44-jarige sersant.
Die SAPD het gesê sy lede is Sondag, 25 Oktober 2026, na ‘n misdaadtoneel in Hedge-weg, Pacaltsdorp, ontbied, waar ‘n buurman die slagoffer met ‘n steekwond in sy bors gevind het.
Die verdagte is gesien toe sy die sersant se huis verlaat het. Hy was ten tyde van die voorval afdiens. ‘n Ondersoek het later tot die arrestasie van die vrou gelei.
Sergeant found with stab wound to the chest
Cop’s girlfriend bust for murder
CRIME SCENE: Pacaltsdorp, George: The girlfriend of a South African Police Service (SAPS) sergeant has been arrested after he was stabbed to death.
The 32-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the George Magistrates’ Court, on 27 October 2026, following the murder of the 44-year-old sergeant.
SAPS said that on Sunday, 25 October 2026, its members attended a crime scene in Hedge Road, Pacaltsdorp, where a neighbour found the victim with a stab wound to his chest.
The suspect was seen leaving the sergeant’s house. He was off duty at the time and an investigation led to the arrest of the girlfriend later.
Polisie arresteer ook ses vir moord, poging tot moord
Kapers in Delft gevang
MISDAADTONEEL: Kaapstad: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) het Sondag, 25 Oktober 2026, verskeie verdagtes gearresteer in verband met ‘n aantal sake.
DELFT: Lede van die Eenheid vir Openbare Orde-polisiëring het vier verdagtes in Wax Flower-straat, Delft, gevang vir motorkaping.
Volgens die SAPD was die lede Sondagoggend op patrollie in die Delft-gebied om bendegeweld, rooftogte en ander misdade in die omgewing te bekamp, toe hulle deur ‘n lid van die publiek gestop is.
Hy het hulle ingelig dat hy ‘n saak van motorkaping by die Delft-polisiestasie aangemeld het en inligting ontvang het oor waar die verdagtes hulle bevind. Die inligting is opgevolg, en vier verdagtes, tussen die ouderdomme van 19 en 22-jaar, is gearresteer.
HANOVER PARK: Lede van die Anti-Bende-Eenheid (AGU) het ‘n intelligensie-gedrewe operasie in Surwood Walk, Hanover Park, uitgevoer, waar hulle ‘n 9mm-pistool in ‘n verlate huis gevind het. ‘n Ondersoek na die ontdekking van die vuurwapen is by die Philippi-polisiestasie geopen.
In ‘n onverwante voorval het die AGU ses mans, wat gesoek is in verband met sake van moord en poging tot moord wat in Oktober 2026 in Hanover Park aangemeld is, gearresteer.
BONTEHEUWEL: Lede van die AGU het ‘n perseel in Apricot-straat, Bonteheuwel, deursoek en ‘n 33-jarige man gearresteer nadat hulle ‘n 9mm-pistool met 12 rondtes ammunisie gevind het, wat in ‘n mandjie in ‘n Wendy-huis versteek was.
AGU also arrests six for murder, attempted murder
Carjackers behind bars
CRIME SCENE: Cape Town: The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested several suspects on Sunday, 25 October 2026 for a number of crimes.
DELFT: Members of the Public Order Police Unit arrested four suspects for carjacking in Wax Flower Street, Delft.
The members were conducting patrols on Sunday morning in the Delft policing precinct to curb gang violence, robberies and other crimes in the area when they were stopped by a member of the public.
He informed them that he had registered a carjacking case at Delft SAPS and had received information about the whereabouts of the suspects. The information was followed up, and four suspects aged between 19 and 22, were apprehended.
HANOVER PARK: Anti-Gang-Unit (AGU) members conducted an intelligence operation in Surwood Walk, Hanover Park, where they found a 9mm pistol in an abandoned house. An investigation into the discovery of the firearm was opened at Philippi SAPS.
In an unrelated matter the AGU arrested six men who were wanted in connection with murder and attempted murder cases registered in October 2026 in Hanover Park.
BONTEHEUWEL: AGU members searched a premises in Apricot Street, Bonteheuwel, where they arrested a 33-year-old man after finding a 9mm pistol with twelve rounds of ammunition hidden in a basket in the Wendy house.
Pa skiet op motorkapers om kinders te beskerm
Vermeende Pinetown kaper vas
MISDAADTONEEL: Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal: Die polisie het ‘n verdagte gearresteer ná ‘n dramatiese motorkaping, waartydens ‘n pa op die oortreders geskiet het om sy kinders te beskerm.
Volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) is die 35-jarige verdagte Sondag, 25 Oktober 2026, deur die Pinetown-polisie in KwaDabeka gearresteer. Hy staan tereg op aanklagte van poging tot motorkaping, poging tot moord, en die besit van ‘n ongelisensieerde vuurwapen en ammunisie.
Dit volg ná voorval Vrydag, 9 Oktober by Lea Place toe die 53-jarige pa, Sidney Hill, en sy twee kinders besig was om in ‘n Toyota Hilux uit hul oprit te ry, toe onbekende verdagtes uit ‘n wit Renault Kiger klim en die gesin nader.
Volgens die SAPD het een van die verdagtes na bewering op die pa begin skiet. Hill het teruggeskiet en een van die verdagtes noodlottig gewond.
“Na verdere ondersoek het inligting die Pinetown-speurders na KwaDabeka gelei, waar die 35-jarige verdagte gearresteer is. Hy is in besit van ‘n ongelisensieerde vuurwapen en 14 rondtes ammunisie gevind.
“Hy sal op Dinsdag, 27 Oktober 2026, in die Pinetown-landdroshof verskyn,” het die SAPD gesê.
Father shoots at perpetrators to protect children
Pinetown carjack suspect nabbed
CRIME SCENE: Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal: The police have arrested a suspect after a dramatic attempted carjacking in which a father shot at the perpetrators to protect his children.
According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) the 35-year-old suspect was arrested in KwaDabeka on Sunday, 25 October 2026, by Pinetown police. He faces charges of attempted carjacking, attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Pinetown detectives were investigating a case of attempted carjacking and three counts of attempted murder, which occurred on Friday, 9 October 2026, at Lea Place.
On the day of the incident, the 53-year-old father, Sidney Hill, and his two children were pulling out of their driveway in a Toyota Hilux, when unknown suspects alighted from a white Renault Kiger.
According to SAPS one of the suspects allegedly started firing shots towards the father, who returned fire and fatally wounded one suspect.
“Following further investigation, information led Pinetown detectives to KwaDabeka, where the 35-year-old suspect was arrested. He was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm and 14 rounds of ammunition.
“He will appear at the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 27 October 2026,” said SAPS.
5 sterf, 3 gewond in Lavender Hill bloedbad
Massa moordenaars steeds gesoek
MISDAADTONEEL: Lavender Hill, Kaapstad: Die polisie is steeds op soek na verdagtes in die massamoord-voorval waarin vyf mense dood en drie gewond is Saterdagaand, 24 Oktober 2026.
Die verdagtes het nou ’n prys van R100 000 op hul koppe nadat die polisie die beloning aangekondig het vir enigiemand met inligting wat kan lei tot hul arrestasie en suksesvolle vervolging.
Die voorval het omstreeks 20:00 Saterdagaand plaasgevind toe ongeidentifiseerde mans ’n huis in Blode-straat, Lavender Hill, bestorm en begin losbrand op familie en vriende wat sosiaal verkeer het.
Vier mans en een vrou, tussen die ouderdomme van 21 en 33-jaar, is op die toneel dood. Een man en twee vroue het skietwonde opgedoen en is na ’n hospitaal gehaas vir behandeling.
Luitenant-generaal Sizakhele Dyantyi, die Wes-Kaapse provinsiale polisiekommissaris, en sy bestuur het die misdaadtoneel Sondagoggend, 25 Oktober 2026, besoek.
Dyanti sê “dit kan nie normaal wees dat mense in groot getalle vermoor word in die gemeenskappe waarin ons woon nie”.
Hy het gevra dat mense met enige inligting oor die skietery, of wat met die ondersoek kan help, om Crime Stop by 08600 10111 te kontak of die MySAPS-toepassing anoniem te gebruik.
Dyantyi het ook die skuldiges veroordeel wat polisiebeamtes van Steenberg polisiestasie met klippe bestook het toe by die misdaadtoneel opdaag.
Mark Nicholson, ’n slagoffer se vader en mede-stigter van die Lavender Hill Community Action Network, het die polisie verslae dat die skietery bende-verwant was, sterk betwis.
Nicholson het gesê die mense wat by die huis byeengekom het, was gewone jeugdiges en familielede, and dat die tragedie verwoestend is aangesien hy reeds sewe van sy nefies in die voortslepende plaaslike geweld verloor het.
Lees ook: Twee sterf in Lavender Hill skietery – Crime Scene Report; 5 vas kort na dubbele-moord – Crime Scene Report
5 killed, 3 wounded in Lavender Hill blood bath
Hunt is on for mass murderers
CRIME SCENE: Lavender Hill, Cape Town: Police are still hunting for suspects in the mass murder incident in which five people were killed and three wounded on Saturday night, 24 October 2026.
The suspects now have a R100 000 bounty on their heads after the police announced the reward to anyone with information that could lead to their arrest and successful prosecution.
The incident happened at around 20:00 on Saturday when unidentified gunmen stormed a residence in Blode Street, Lavender Hill and indiscriminately opened fire on a gathering of family and friends.
Four men and one woman, aged between 21 and 33-years, died at the scene. One man and two women sustained gunshot wounds and were rushed to a hospital.
Lieutenant General Sizakhele Dyantyi, the Western Cape provincial police Commissioner and police management visited the crime scene on Sunday morning, 25 October 2026.
Dyanti said “it cannot be normal that people are killed in numbers in the communities we live in”.
He asked anyone with any information about the shooting or who can assist with the investigation to contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or use the MySAPS-App anonymously.
Dyantyi also condemned an attack on Steenberg police officials who responded to the shooting, but were pelted with stones as they arrived at the crime scene.
Mark Nicholson, one of victims’ father and co-founder of the Lavender Hill Community Action Network, strongly disputed police claims that the shooting was gang related.
Nicholson said the people who gathered at the house were regular youth and family members and that the tragedy was devastating as he had already lost seven of his nephews to ongoing local violence.
Also read: Five held for double murder – Crime Scene Report; Deadly shooting claims two – Crime Scene Report