5news.South African news, all in one place

BREAKING

› NARROW ESCAPE: Centurion home of Dalai Lama’s SA representative firebombed › FORENSIC FAILURE: Only 1.5% of SAPS DNA samples are processed within target time › SOCCER: Banyana Banyana’s Olympic charge gains pace after crushing win over Madagascar › INPICTURES: Wildlife photographer of the year 2026 winners › READER LETTER | ANC and DA: work together for Joburg › WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial › Johannesburg power outage: Prolonged blackouts after central substation explosion › Powerhouse boxing manager guns for many more titles › Chiefs have egg on their face over Faiz Abrahams error › Fannie Nkosi court case postponed to November 5 for NPA decision › NARROW ESCAPE: Centurion home of Dalai Lama’s SA representative firebombed › FORENSIC FAILURE: Only 1.5% of SAPS DNA samples are processed within target time › SOCCER: Banyana Banyana’s Olympic charge gains pace after crushing win over Madagascar › INPICTURES: Wildlife photographer of the year 2026 winners › READER LETTER | ANC and DA: work together for Joburg › WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial › Johannesburg power outage: Prolonged blackouts after central substation explosion › Powerhouse boxing manager guns for many more titles › Chiefs have egg on their face over Faiz Abrahams error › Fannie Nkosi court case postponed to November 5 for NPA decision

Latest

Lavender Hill teen arrested with gun reported stolen from Eldorado Park police station

IOL · 12 October 2026 at 13:57

Lavender Hill teen arrested with gun reported stolen from Eldorado Park police station

Police say a 16-year-old was arrested in Lavender Hill after officers found him carrying a 9mm Beretta pistol and six rounds of ammunition.

Read the full article on IOL ›

5News aggregated this summary from the outlet’s public feed. The full article, with all the context, is on iol.co.za — the content belongs to IOL.

More from IOL

Johannesburg power outage: Prolonged blackouts after central substation explosion

IOL · 11 min ago

Andile Mpisane says he supports his children amid ‘deadbeat’ claims

IOL · 16 min ago

30 award-winning photographs continue to captivate Durban in second week on display

IOL · 18 min ago

IFP candidate criticises Ntuli’s support for SANDF deployment in Durban

IOL · 18 min ago

More in Latest

NARROW ESCAPE: Centurion home of Dalai Lama’s SA representative firebombed

Daily Maverick · just now

FORENSIC FAILURE: Only 1.5% of SAPS DNA samples are processed within target time

Daily Maverick · just now

SOCCER: Banyana Banyana’s Olympic charge gains pace after crushing win over Madagascar

Daily Maverick · just now

INPICTURES: Wildlife photographer of the year 2026 winners

Daily Maverick · just now

READER LETTER | ANC and DA: work together for Joburg

Sowetan · 7 min ago

WATCH LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial

TimesLIVE News · 10 min ago