A man identified as Pitsi Malepe allegedly shot and killed his wife and her relative before turning the gun on himself in Ga-Sekororo, Limpopo, after posting a chilling confession on Facebook.
Lauren Dickason, convicted of murdering her three daughters in New Zealand, faces deportation to South Africa in 2027 but is fighting for an appeal. Here’s what we know.
Listen to Crime Central South Africa’s latest episode on the chilling case of Henri van Breda, the man behind one of South Africa’s most shocking family murders.
Marius van der Westhuizen shot each of his children in the head with a Z88 pistol at their home in Brackenfell, Cape Town.
Constable Sizwe Cedrick Khoza from Mpumalanga was sentenced to three life terms for murdering his wife, her sister, and her brother.
Elias Mkhize was sentenced to two life terms plus ten years for the murder and dismemberment of his mother and sister in December 2023.
The Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court denied bail for Freddie Stapelberg, accused in the murders of Nadine Terblanche and Ruandrê Vorster.
A woman and a 10-year-old child were found dead in their Bergvliet home, on Sunday.
Police are probing a double murder that rattled Universitas.
Agnes Segomotsi Setshwantsho, dubbed a Rosemary Ndlovu copycat, was denied bail. Here’s everything we know.
Freddie Stapelberg, accused of the murder of Nadine Terblanche and her son Ruandré, made his first court appearance, on Monday.
Eugene Botha made his first court appearance for the Rondebult triple murder, facing charges for the deaths of his parents and sister.
A man in Mid-Illovo, KZN, is in custody after allegedly murdering and decapitating his mother and sister, throwing their remains into a pit latrine.
Veziwe Ntsizela’s eldest child managed to escape the nightmarish ordeal.
A security officer from Makgophong is wanted by the police for his alleged involvement in the murder of his wife’s cousin and sister-in-law.
Lauren Dickason, a South African woman living in New Zealand, was found guilty of killing her three daughters aged between two and six.
A Butterworth familicide, orchestrated by a woman named Bongeka Buso, left the Eastern Cape community reeling in shock.