Eight shipping containers recovered by Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) last Thursday (18/12/2025) have been removed from the scene earlier today (Tuesday). Seen in the video is the last of the shipping containers belonging to Evergreen (Taipei – Taiwan) was removed to the Durban – KZN depot. Pacific International Lines […]
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R82 vehicle checkpoint yeilds massive illicit cigarette seizure
FREE STATE – A Vehicle Check Point led to the arrest of a 41-year-old male for possession of illicit cigarettes. On Saturday, 20 December 2025, at about 08:30, Fezile Dabi District highway patrol and Viljoensdrift SAPS members conducted a Vehicle Check Point on the R82. A panel van was stopped […]
TMPD Overload Control Unit conducted safety checks at the Akasia and Centurion weighbridges
The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) Pedestrian Unit arrested 31 individuals on N1 and N4 and charged them for a pedestrian source of danger on Saturday, 20 December 2025. There is a worrying trend of hiking on the highways. Pedestrians are strictly prohibited on highways as they risk the danger […]
Bus operating with fraudulent license disc intercepted at Beitbridge
NO TO BRIBES This bus was intercepted at the Beitbridge and it was travelling from Johannesburg to Malawi and operating with fraudulent license disc as well as operator card and it was last licensed in 2021 but found with 2026 license discs Motorists are WARNED Mkhuleko Hlengwa Road Traffic Management […]
Illegal mining suspect arrested by police after he was found operating an excavator in Bapong
A 51-year-old man has been arrested by police after he was found operating an excavator in Bapong. Police seized the excavator and another truck. Last week, police arrested ten illegal miners and seized ten other excavators as part of their operations to prevent and combat illegal mining activities in Bapong.
Stolen Shipping Containers Recovered: Oaklands – KZN
Eight stolen shipping containers belonging to Taiwanese & Singaporean companies in Asia have been recovered by Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA). Acting on information that nineteen (19) brand new & used shipping containers were stolen from storage yards in Edwin Swales & Prospecton in KwaZulu-Natal, and criminal cases […]
Drug dealer nabbed during crime blitz in Namakwa district
Safer Festive Season Operations are in full swing across the Namakwa District as the South African Police Service intensifies efforts to combat crime and enhance public safety. On 17 December 2025, disruptive operations were led by the Northern Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, together with the Deputy Provincial […]
Border Management Authority confirms the significant disruption of smuggling of illicit goods
The Commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), Dr Michael Masiapato has confirmed the significant disruption of smuggling of illicit goods and food items which took place yesterday, 15 December 2025 at the Beitbridge Port of Entry. Since the start of the 2025/26 festive season operations, the BMA has recorded […]
Over 17 overloaded vehicles were taken off the road during Operation Malayisha, Limpopo
Over 17 overloaded vehicles were taken off the road during Operation Malayisha, conducted by the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety on Tuesday at the N1 Zebediela Traffic Control Centre. The department confirmed that the vehicles will remain at the centre until their loads are adjusted to comply with […]
Cross-Border Road Safety Activation | South Africa-Mozambique
As part of the Festive Season law enforcement operations aimed at ensuring efficient and safe cross-border travel, MEC Thulasizwe Thomo visited Kilometre 7 of the Lebombo Border Post and Kilometre 4 of the Ressano Garcia Border Post inside Mozambique. The joint initiative was led by the Minister of Transport, Ms […]










