Crime & Courts

Police in South Africa have arrested six men for the murder of Kaizer Chiefs star, Luke Fleurs, who was shot and killed at a fuel station last week.

Anwar Khan, the long-time bodyguard of slain South African rapper AKA, is one of 15 people that have been arrested in connection with charges that include murder, attempted murder, fraud, corruption and racketeering at the University of Fort Hare.

SOUTH AFRICA - Nine suspected criminals have been shot and killed in a shootout with police on Wednesday morning. Police said the crime scene in Desai in Mariannhill was still active at 6.30am on Wednesday.

The removal of former president Jacob Zuma as a candidate for uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party will be legally challenged after the party filed papers at the Electoral Court.

Durban — While one of the “AKA” murder accused was behind bars, his pregnant wife fraudulently obtained a medical note that was used in her husband’s bail affidavit stating that he was asthmatic.

As the inquest into the murder of South African rapper AKA continues, it has been revealed that his alleged killers were paid R800, 000 by Mfundo Gcaba, an infamous taxi boss who is also the nephew of former South African president Jacob Zuma.

DURBAN - The suspects involved in the murder of South African rapper AKA and his friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane tried to burn the vehicle that they used to flee the scene, the Durban Magistrate's Court has been told.

A Nigerian court has sentenced a Chinese businessman to death after being found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Ummu Kulthum Sani in 2022.

The family of legendary South African film producer and playwright Mbongeni Ngema is reportedly going going to court, as they seek to get an order that will allow them to rebury him at what they believe is a place of his choosing.

Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste has died, taking his own life a day before he was meant to hand himself over the South African law enforcement officials for financial crimes perpetrated during his reign at the helm of the company.