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Tragic day for family of missing woman
Mom’s body found in graveyard
UPDATE! The Western Cape police have confirmed a suspect a suspect was arrested in connection with the murder of 37-year-old Janine Hopley.
A media liaison officer, Captain FC van Wyk, said one suspect was arrested and will appear in court on Monday, 11 May 2026 on a charge of murder.
Van Wyk said according to reports the deceased was reported missing by her boyfriend on Friday, 1 May 2026, and an enquiry was registered and investigated.
Anyone with more information about this incident is kindly requested to contact Caledon SAPS Branch ommander Lt. Col. T Xulubana on 082 778 7367.
CRIME SCENE: Caledon, Overberg: The body of a woman was found this afternoon, Thursday 7 May 2026 in the Caledon graveyard.
The body was confirmed to be that of Janine Hopley, a young mother, who went missing last week, according to reports.
Hopley’s family was at the graveyard to identify the body and was consoled by community members on the scene.
CSR has requested police comment and is still waiting on a response.
This is a developing story and more details will follow.
Vermiste vrou se liggaam in begraafplaas gevind
Soektog na ma eindig tragies
JONGSTE! Die Wes-Kaapse polisie het bevestig ‘n verdagte is in verband met die moord op die 37-jarige Janine Hopley gearresteer.
‘n Media woordvoerder, kaptein FC van Wyk, het gesê die verdagte sal Maandag 11 Mei 2026 in die hof verskyn op ‘n aanklag van moord.
Van Wyk het gesê volgens berigte is die oorledene Vrydag 1 Mei 2026 deur haar kêrel as vermis aangemeld, en ‘n ondersoek is begin.
Enigiemand met meer inligting oor die voorval word vriendelik versoek om die Caledon SAPD-takbevelvoerder, lt. kol. T Xulubana, te kontak op 082 778 7367.
MISDAADTONEEL: Caledon, Overberg: Die soektog na die vermiste Janine Hopley van Caledon het tragies geëindig.
Hopley, wat sedert verlede week vermis word, se liggaam is Donderdag, 7 Mei in die Caledon begraafplaas gevind.
Hopley, ‘n ma van twee, se familie was by die begraafplaas om die liggaam te identifiseer en is deur gemeenskapslede op die toneel getroos.
CSR het ‘n versoek om kommentaar na die polisie gestuur en wag nog op terugvoering. Die omstandighede rondom haar dood word nog ondesoek en meer besonderhede volg sodra dit beskikbaar is.
Borgtogaansoek eers oor ses dae
Bruin leier agter tralies
JONGSTE! NCC-leier Fadiel Adams sal vir ten minste ses dae moet wag om te hoor of hy borgtog gaan kry. Dit kom nadat die Staat Donderdag 7 Mei 2026 in die Pinetown-landdroshof ‘n uitstel vir die borgtogaansoek versoek het. Adams het Donderdag sy eerste verskyning in die hof gemaak na sy arrestasie Dinsdag 5 Mei 2026. Hy moet weer op Woensdag 13 Mei verskyn wanneer die borgtogaansoek na verwagting sal voortgaan.
MISDAADTONEEL: Pelican Park, Kaapstad: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) het Dinsdagmiddag 5 Mei 2026 die leier van die National Coloured Congress (NCC) en Parlementslid, Fadiel Adams, by die parlementêre behuisingskompleks in Pelican Park gearresteer.
Dit volg nadat die SAPD politieke moorde-taakspan (PKTT) vroeër Dinsdag ‘n beroep op Adams gedoen het om homself by die naaste polisiestasie oor te gee. Volgens die polisie hou die saak verband met ‘n saak van bedrog en die verydeling en/of belemmering van die regsproses.
Die polisie het gesê hulle is in besit is van ‘n J50-lasbrief vir Adams se arrestasie.
“Die lasbrief hou verband met ernstige bewerings dat hy ingemeng het met die huidige ondersoeke na die moord op die ANC-jeugligaleier, mnr. Sindiso Magaqa.
“Die taakspan het ontdek dat mnr. Adams ingemeng het met die nou veroordeelde en gevonnisde huurmoordenaar in ‘n baie sensitiewe en gevorderde stadium van die polisie se ondersoek.
“Die polisie het verskeie pogings aangewend om mnr. Adams op te spoor, insluitend die besoek van verskeie adresse wat met hom verband hou. Reëlings is met sy prokureur getref om himself Maandag 4 Mei 2026 by die Kaapstad-Sentraal-polisiestasie oor te gee, maar tot dusver het hy nie saamgewerk nie.
“Mnr. Adams moes Maandag voor ‘n hof in KwaZulu-Natal verskyn, maar het versuim om dit te doen,” lui ‘n polisieverklaring.
No bail for Fadiel Adams - yet
NCC leader arrested
UPDATE! NCC leader Fadiel Adams will have to wait for his bail application to be heard after the State requested a postponement in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 7 May 2026. Adams made his first appearance in the court on Thursday following his arrest on Tuesday, 5 May 2026. He is due to appear again on Wednesday, 13 May when the bail application is expected to proceed.
CRIME SCENE: Pelican Park, Cape Town: The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested the leader of the National Coloured Congress (NCC) and Member of Parliament, Fadiel Adams at the parliamentary village in Pelican Park on Tuesday afternoon, 5 May 2026.
This came after the SAPS Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) had earlier on Tuesday made an appeal for Adams to hand himself over at the nearest police station. According to the police the matter relates to a case of fraud and defeating and or obstructing the course of justice.
The police said it was in possession of a J50 warrant of arrest for Adams.
“The warrant relates to serious allegations that he interfered with ongoing investigations into the murder of the ANC Youth League Leader, Mr Sindiso Magaqa.
“The task team discovered that Mr Adams interfered with the now convicted and sentenced hitman at a very sensitive and advanced stage of the police’s investigation.
“Police have gone through extensive efforts to locate Mr Adams, including visiting multiple addresses associated with him. Arrangements were made with his attorney to hand himself over on Monday, 4 May 2026, at the Cape Town Central Police Station, but as of now, he has not cooperated.
“Mr Adams was scheduled to appear before a KwaZulu-Natal court on Monday, but failed to do so,” read a police statement.
Adams had repeatedly before stated that he won’t be intimidated by the police.
Vier wou winkel na bewering indoen
‘Bedrog-sindikaat’ oopgevlek
MISDAADTONEEL: Mitchells Plain, Kaapstad: ‘n Uiters oplettende kassier het daartoe gelei dat vier vermeende bedrieërs agter tralies beland.
Volgens die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) se Wes-Kaapse mediakantoor het die verdagtes probeer om bedrog te pleeg by ‘n hardewarewinkel by ‘n winkelsentrum in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plain, op Woensdag 6 Mei 2026.
Volgens die polisie het twee verdagtes een item ter waarde van R600 gekoop. Hulle later teruggekom met ‘n slip wat beweer hulle het 41 items gekoop.
Die kassier het die opgemerk iets is nie pluis op die slip nie en die Lentegeur-polisie onmiddellik in kennis gestel. Die verdagtes en twee ander het probeer vlug, maar hulle is by ‘n vulstasie deur lede van die Wes-Kaapse blitspatrollie onderskep en vir bedrog gearresteer.
Die ondersoek na die verdagtes se modus operandi en moontlike verband met soortgelyke sake duur voort. Die arrestasie volg op soortgelyke voorvalle by hardewarewinkels regoor die provinsie hierdie jaar en daar bestaan ‘n moontlikheid die vier deel is van ‘n sindikaat.
Four cannot evade Flying Squad
Alleged hardware fraudsters caught
CRIME SCENE: Mitchells Plain, Cape Town: Four members of an alleged hardware fraud syndicate are behind bars.
According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) Western Cape media office, the four men attempted to defraud a hardware store at a shopping mall in Lentegeur, Mitchells Plainb on Wednesday 06 May 2026.
Two male suspects went to the hardware store and purchased one item worth R600. According to the police they later came back with a fraudulent till slip claiming that they had purchased 41 items.
The cashier spotted the discrepancy and immediately notified Lentegeur Police. The suspects and two others attempted to flee but they were intercepted at a petrol station by members of the Western Cape Flying Squad and arrested for fraud.
The investigation is continuing into the suspects’ alleged modus operandi and possible link to other cases. The arrest follows prior reports of similar incidents at hardware stores around the province in the past year.
Twee dood, een beseer toe skote klap
Verdagtes vlug ná skietery
JONGSTE! Volgens die polisie was daar geen arrestasies nie. Lede van die Bishop Lavis-polisie, wat die gebied patrolleer het, het van die skietery gehoor en die voertuig opgemerk, sê die polisie in ‘n verklaring. Hulle het die voertuig agternagesit, maar die verdagtes het daarin geslaag om te voet te ontsnap. Die kar is verlate gevind en ‘n 9mm-pistool is in daarin gevind.
MISDAADTONEEL: Bonteheuwel, Kaapstad: Verskeie verdagtes het hulle uit die voete gemaak kort nadat tee persone dood geskiet en een gewond is in ‘n skietvoorval Woensdagaand, 6 Mei 2026 in Bonteheuwel.
Die voorval het op die hoek van Jakkalsvlei-laan en Kiaatweg plaasgevind.
“Hierdie sinnelose daad kom nadat ons gewaarsku het oor moontlike vergeldingsvoorvalle na gisteraand se moord,” het die wyksraadslid vir Bonteheuwel, Angus McKenzie, Woensdag 6 Mei 2026 in ‘n Facebook-plasing gesê.
Op Dinsdag 5 Mei 2026 is ‘n jongman ook in Bonteheuwel doodgeskiet.
“Laat ons dit duidelik stel, die persoon wat ons vandag verloor het, was nie ‘n bendelid nie, maar ‘n onskuldige mens wat nie verdien het om ‘n slagoffer van hierdie aanhoudende siklus van geweld te word nie.”
Kort na die skietery ,het McKenzie gesê, het hulle geloofwaardige inligting van inwoners en ooggetuies via sy tip-off lyn ontvang.
“Daardie inligting is onmiddellik aan ons veiligheids- en sekuriteitspanne op die grond oorgedra. Hulle het binne minute opgetree. Die verdagtes se voertuig is geïdentifiseer, voorgekeer en deursoek.”
McKenzie het in sy Facebook-plasing gesê ‘n vuurwapen met ammunisie is gevind en verskeie verdagtes, wat aan die verskafde beskrywings voldoen, is aangekeer. Die verdagtes is gearresteer en is na die Bishop Lavis-polisiestasie geneem.
“Vanaand treur ons die verlies van ‘n onskuldige lewe. Gisteraand het ons ook ‘n lewe weens bendegeweld verloor. Maar te midde van hierdie pyn het die krag van die gemeenskap derugekom.”
McKenzie het bevestig die voertuig wat in Woensdagaand se skietery gebruik is, is ‘n paar dae gelede in Bridgetown, Athlone, gekaap.
Die verdagtes het die gekaapte motor se nommerplate verander.
Two killed, one wounded in shooting
Suspects’ vehicle recovered after murders
UPDATE! According to the police there have been no arrests. Members of the Bishop Lavis police, who were patrolling in the area, heard about the shooting and spotted the vehicle. They gave chase, but the suspects managed to escape on foot after abandoning the vehicle. A 9mm pistol was found in the car.
CRIME SCENE: Bonteheuwel, Cape Town: Swift action by the community and law enforcement saw police recover the suspects’ vehicle shortly after two people were killed and one wounded in a drive-by shooting incident in Bonteheuwel this evening, Wednesday, 6 May 2026.
The incident happened on the corner of Jakkalsvlei Avenue and Kiaat Way.
“This senseless act of violence comes in the wake of the warnings we issued regarding possible retaliation following last night’s killing,” said the ward councillor for Bonteheuwel, Angus McKenzie in a Facebook post this evening.
On Tuesday, 5 May 2026 a young man was also shot and killed in Bonteheuwel.
“Let us be clear the life lost today was not a gang member, but an innocent individual who did not deserve to become a victim of this ongoing cycle of violence.”
Shortly after the shooting, McKenzie said they received strong, credible information from residents and eyewitnesses via his tip-off line.
“That information was immediately relayed to our safety and security teams on the ground. Within minutes, they acted. The suspects’ vehicle was identified, stopped, and searched.”
McKenzie said in his Facebook post a” firearm with ammunition was recovered, and multiple suspects matching the provided descriptions were apprehended. All suspects have been arrested and will be processed at Bishop Lavis Police Station.
“Tonight, we mourn the loss of an innocent life. Last night, a life was also lost to gang violence. But in the midst of this pain, the power of community stood firm.”
He later said that the vehicle used in Wednesday evening’s shooting was confirmed hijacked a few days ago in Bridgetown, Athlone.
The suspects had changed the number plates.
Man wil SAPS ore aansit met hondekos
Polisie byt terug
MISDAADTONEEL: Pelican Heights, Kaapstad: ‘n Man wat na bewering probeer het om die polisie honde ore aabn te sit, het sy rieme lelik styf geloop
Die 45-jarige verdagte van Seagullweg, Pelican Heights is Dinsdagaand 5 Mei 2026 gearresteer nadat hy na bewering met ‘n klomp Mandrax pille en ‘n onwettige vuurwapen betrap is.
Die man is omstreeks 10-uur die aand deur lede van Operasie Lockdown III aangekeer nadat die polisie inligting ontvang het oor vermeende kriminele aktiwiteite by die adres.
Die polisie het die huis deursoek en die Mandrax pille gevind wat in ‘n hondekos-sak versteek was. Die polisie het ook ‘n .38 special rewolwer met 34 rondtes ammunisie in die huis gevind.
Man hides drugs in dogfood
Suspect can’t fool police
CRIME SCENE: Pelican Heights, Cape Town: A man who allegedly tried to fool police with Mandrax tablets in a dog food bag, was arrested on Tuesday night, 5 May 2026.
The 45-year-old suspect from Seagull Road, Pelican Heights was also caught with an illegal firearm.
The suspect was apprehended by members of Operation Lockdown III at approximately 10pm after the police received information about suspected criminal activities at the address.
The police searched the house and found the Mandrax tablets concealed in a dog food bag as well as a .38 special revolver with 34 rounds of ammunition, according to a statement by the Western Cape police media office.
The suspect was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and possession of drugs.