Every year, approximately 1.3 million people are killed and 50 million injured in road accidents worldwide. According to South Africa’s Road Traffic Management Corp (RTMC), 12 545 people died in road accidents in the country in 2021. For people aged 5-29 years, there is no greater threat to their lives. […]
Month: May 2023
Flying Squad arrest three suspects and recover hijacked truck in Manenberg
Members of the Maitland Flying Squad followed up information, and arrested four suspects for possession of stolen goods and being in possession of a hijacked truck early this morning 16 May 2023. The members were doing high density patrols in the Manenberg precinct when they received information about a possible […]
Suspects arrested on a charge of the possession of stolen gas cylinders
In another separate incident, two suspects are expected to appear before the Ventersdorp Magistrates’ Court today on a charge of possession of stolen gas cylinders. This stems after the police in Klerkskraal intercepted a truck that were transporting more than 540 gas cylinders, allegedly stolen in Kimberley, Northern Cape. The […]
Tough, capable and exclusive – the new ISUZU D-MAX Arctic AT35
Big and bold with exceptional off-road capabilities – this is the new D-MAX Arctic AT35, the second iteration of ISUZU’s specially developed ultimate double cab bakkie. Designed in collaboration with Arctic Trucks, which is renowned for producing some of the most capable overlanding vehicles on the planet, the D-MAX Arctic […]
Three people killed, two injured in a head-on collision involving a tipper truck
Three people have died, while two sustained injuries, in a head-on collision involving a tipper truck (only the driver) and a bakkie (5 occupants) on the R61 road near Tabase in Mthatha. The incident occurred on 15.05.2023 (Monday) at about 18H00. The injured two males from Isuzu LDV, one sustained […]
Suspect arrested in possession of a suspected stolen electricity cable in Meadowlands
A male suspect was arrested by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) IIOC Undercover Reaction Unit for the possession of suspected stolen property in Meadowlands, Soweto. On Saturday, May 2023, the officers received information regarding a suspected stolen electricity cable in Meadowlands. The officers were deployed to the given address […]
Search for hijacked truck leads to drug arrest
The vigilance of flying Squad members proved successful on Friday, 12 May 2023, when they arrested a suspect in Elsies River on drug related charges. The members pursued information of a truck that was hijacked earlier, and while searching the inner perimeters of Elsies River, they noticed suspicious premises and […]
Police arrest four suspects for road blockade with trucks
In a bid to end lawlessness on the National Roads in the Eastern Cape, the South African Police Service has nabbed four male suspects aged between 22 and 52 for hijacking trucks in order to use them as tools to blockade N2 national road between Mthatha and Butterworth in Idutywa. […]
Police arrest 26 suspects during a road freight roadblock operation in Burgersfort
The South African Police Service in Limpopo arrested 26 suspects aged between 19 and 45 for cases ranging from contravention of the Immigration Act to possession of illicit cigarettes during a road freight operation on Friday, 12 May 2023. The operation was conducted by the provincial and local team of […]
Illegal mining disrupted following intelligence driven operation in Sekhukhune District
The Members of Provincial Illegal Mining Task Team and Provincial Organized Crime Investigation unit arrested a 35-year-old male suspect after an alert about illegal mining activities that were in progress at Winterveld farm in Mahlakwena Mountain, on Thursday, 11 May 2023. The Police immediately followed up on the information and […]










