- Police recovered at Manguzi a Nissan Navara stolen in Durban North on Monday. The driver abandoned it and ran away.
- Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa said border crime is a result of undocumented immigrants, without figures. He opened a new Hluhluwe licensing centre.
Publish time: 2026-10-27 16:55
Police chased a stolen Nissan Navara from Hluhluwe to Manguzi on Monday night, and the driver abandoned it and escaped on foot. Police have not said who the driver was.
The double cab was reported stolen in Durban North that day. Officers in Hluhluwe spotted it, and the driver sped off. Police from Mbazwana joined the chase, and Manguzi police were called in as the vehicle headed towards their area.
Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa, who heads cooperative governance and traditional affairs, spoke in Hluhluwe about stolen vehicles being taken across the borders into Mozambique and eSwatini.
“This issue of border crime is a result of undocumented immigrants who enter this country illegally and get involved in heinous criminal activities. This is the issue that has also been discussed in government to solve the problem in our borders and illegal immigrants,” Hlabisa said.
He did not give figures to support the claim.
Hlabisa also said he wants municipalities to have a budget for gender-based violence, to protect women.
With Big Five Hlabisa mayor Comfort Khumalo, he opened the Hluhluwe licensing centre. Khumalo said residents used to travel to Mpumalanga for driver’s licences.
“Today we are glad that our people will no longer suffer financially by going to Mpumalanga Province or other towns that are far away just to do their driver’s licences. We also helped young people to acquire their licences to operate excavators and other big machines to fix our roads,” Khumalo said.
He also welcomed Hlabisa’s move to increase the grant given to rural municipalities. He said they struggle because, unlike urban municipalities, they do not collect enough rates.
