Shocking details have emerged in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court during the bail hearing of Tiffany Meek, accused of murdering her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek, on 13 May 2025. The investigating officer, Sergeant Nceba Diko, has testified that Jayden-Lee’s body was found in his underwear, just metres from his home in Fleurhof, in the early hours of 14 May, after being reported missing the previous afternoon. The court also heard that, according to
Eight people have been injured after a Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) bus was reportedly set alight in Gugulethu in the early hours of Monday morning. According to the bus company, reports from the scene suggest that a petrol bomb was thrown by assailants at Duinefontein and Govan Mbeki just before 7 am. GABS spokesperson Bronwyn Dyke-beyer says the assailants used darkness and the homes around them as cover. Dyke-Beyer says the
An extremely rare sighting of the elusive Knysna elephant has caused much excitement among conservationists along the Garden Route and beyond. The lone female – affectionately known as ‘Oupoot’ – was captured on video and in photographs at a farmland in the Knysna Forest recently. Oupoot is named after the beloved character in Dalene Matthee’s novel ‘Kringe in ‘n Bos.’ The photos and video were captured by local Karatara farmer Oubaas
The Bredasdorp Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to an 18-year-old youth, who was arrested earlier this month, in connection with the murder of a retired Bredasdorp teacher. The investigating officer testified on Monday morning that the youth, Shaun Swart, is only connected to the case because he took a joyride with the 16-year-old minor suspect, after the teen allegedly stole the teacher’s vehicle. The 82-year-old Sammy Cloete was stabbed to death and
Police in the Northern Suburbs are probing two cases of murder and three of attempted murder. Spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says gunmen had opened fire on a vehicle in Voortrekker Road on Saturday, with two men who were declared deceased at the scene. Another two were hospitalised. He says one person was unscathed. Police in the Northern Suburbs are probing two cases of murder At the same time, he says no one
