Alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfield, his partner Nicole Johnson and three co-accused, including his alleged hitman, will likely spend Christmas and New Year's Eve behind bars.

Rwandan genocide accused Fulgence Kayishema claims he is a refugee in South Africa and he has "heard" of the Rwandan genocide.

Three Nigerians who lived it up on a luxury estate on Johannesburg's West Rand now face the possibility of 20-year jail sentences in a US prison after allegedly stealing $6.3m (R116.3m) from businesses through sophisticated scams.

Investigators have linked a seventh man to a syndicate involved in the 2021 kidnappings of two foreign nationals in Paarl and Cape Town.

Two men accused of kidnapping wig sales people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, last year will remain behind bars for now after one opted not to apply for bail.

A sixth suspect connected to the double kidnapping of two Bangladeshi nationals on January 21 asked the court to be kept separately from his co-accused on Monday.

A police family violence, child protection and sexual offences unit officer was charged on Friday for allegedly kidnapping and torturing two Bangladeshis in Cape Town in January.

A hand gesture resembling handguns being cocked is how one of the men accused of kidnapping an eight-year-old Cape Town girl reacted to charges being dropped against two of his fellow accused.

Kidnapped eight-year-old Abirah Dekhta was rescued by police in Cape Town from a house in Khayelitsha thanks to a tip-off.

Police and emergency services on Monday searched a large pit filled with water in which a wreck was discovered matching the description of a vehicle driven by a missing couple in Stellenbosch.