Armour bhubesi

31/01/2026

16-year-old South African girl just reminded us what innovation really looks like.

Bohlale Mphahlele has developed smart earrings that discreetly photograph attackers and send real-time alerts — including GPS location — to emergency contacts and police. No noise. No panic. Just smart, life-saving design.

This is the power of youth-led innovation solving real African problems.
Not theory. Not hype. Impact.

Imagine what could happen if more young minds were supported, funded, and taken seriously.

Innovation doesn’t always come from labs and boardrooms — sometimes it comes from courage, creativity, and lived experience.

27/01/2026

Seven suspects who allegedly kidnapped a Wits University student after luring him through the dating app Grindr have been arrested in Denver, Johannesburg.
The suspects reportedly demanded R30,000 in ransom from the student’s family. Authorities have linked them to at least 85 cases, where members of the LGBTQI+ community were targeted for ransom payments.

15/12/2021

11/12/2021

Interpol's National Crime Bureau (NCB) in Pretoria arrests wanted Portuguese Fugitive

A convicted fraudster wanted by the Portuguese Government was arrested in Umhlanga Rocks, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal this morning.

Mr Joao Manuel de Oliveira Rendeiro is a Portuguese national who absconded from Portugal after being convicted on a multi-million dollar fraud case and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment before he escaped.

On 24th November 2021, The Head of the Judicial Police of Portugal, Luis Neves brought this matter to the attention of National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Khehla John Sitole during a bilateral meeting at the 89th Interpol General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey.

General Sitole committed to tracking and tracing the fugitive after it emerged that he may be hiding in South Africa.

Members from the Interpol NCB in Pretoria, acting on an Interpol Red Notice, traced the fugitive to a location in Umhlanga Rocks where he was arrested at 7am this morning.

The fugitive will appear for the first time in the Durban Magistrates Court on Monday, 13 December 2021 as part of his extradition process.

The Portuguese authority welcomed the news of de Oliveira Rendeiro's arrest and sent words of gratitude and praise to the National Commissioner and the SAPS team for speedily arresting him.

http://www.saps.gov.za/newsroom/msspeechdetail.php?nid=36958

30/11/2021

Man arrested in Palm ridge Germiston. He stabbed a two-month old baby-boy to death. He stabbed the infants grandmother in the hand. He is facing a charge of murder and attempted murder.

23/11/2021

robbery Lotus Gardens Pretoria

21/11/2021

15/11/2021

15/11/2021

Centurion Mall

12/11/2021

Liverpool Road Benoni.