Sbongile Nonyana brings you South Africa’s latest crime news.
Polokwane – Police have arrested four men aged 25 to 47 for breaking into an Eskom office on a farm in Lephalale. The suspects were found in a shack in Marapong Ext 4 with stolen electrical items worth R55,000. They will appear in the Lephalale court soon.
Sekgosese – Police are hunting two men who killed a 71-year-old man on Friday, 20 September. The victim was at home with his partner when armed men burst in. One shot the elderly man without saying anything before they fled. Police do not know why they killed him.
Kimberley – Sekhonola Seatile, 36, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for robbery. He and another man robbed a shop on Long Street in August 2022, threatening the shopkeeper with a gun and stealing cash, cigarettes, and phones. They locked the victim inside the shop before fleeing. Seatile may no longer own a firearm.
Polokwane – Nebo police need help finding Oupa Jan Mtomoti, 56, from Magapung. He was last seen on 2 October visiting his mother nearby. He was wearing grey trousers, a blue and orange jersey, black takkies, and a maroon T-shirt.
Pretoria – Police are investigating after three murders and a suicide in the Moot. They found a 45-year-old woman shot dead at a Rietfontein complex. Later, at a Gezina supermarket, a 47-year-old shop owner shot two workers after an argument and then killed himself.
Pictured above: Police.
Source: FIle
