Hungary on Wednesday detained 29 people including a “terrorist” as migrants demanding to be let through the country’s newly shut EU frontier clashed with riot police firing water cannon and tear gas while refugees searched for new ways to enter the bloc. Hungary’s decision this week to shut the EU’s[…]
Employees at a top jewellery store in Cavendish Square in Claremont were left traumatised after a gang of men brandishing heavy weaponry robbed the store on Tuesday. A witness, Clive, who was working in a shop opposite the jewellery store, Trigg Jewellers, said police were speaking to employees who “looked[…]
A Strand mother of two, who was allegedly shot in the head by her police officer boyfriend, is in a critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery. Warrant Officer Nevell du Toit, 44, shot Zaheda Peters, 32, at her home in Dolphin Street in Strand at about 05:00 on Monday.[…]
Authorities descended on the country’s murder capital on Tuesday for a “lock down operation” in the violence-plagued Nyanga precinct. Dubbed Operation Stopper, the action saw police officers, traffic officials, law enforcement officers and SAPS’ specialised units take to Browns Farm and Samora Machel. National police commissioner General Riah Phiyega said,[…]
Five days after a bloody shoot-out during an attempted cigarette van heist at a petrol station outside Cape Town International Airport, the third suspect was still on the run. Provincial police spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said on Monday that the man, who fled the scene after his two accomplices[…]
Four people were arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography in Pretoria and Cape Town, police said on Wednesday. The arrests followed an investigation by specialised detectives from the family violence, child protection and sexual offences unit from Gauteng, Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said. Three people were arrested in Hercules[…]
Three men have been arrested for robbing a store and an on-duty constable of her service pistol in Goodwood, Western Cape, on Friday night. But while the alleged robbers are in custody, the gun is yet to be found. Police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana said the officer had walked to[…]
Cabinet has called on members of the public to help police track down cop killers. “The law-enforcement agencies are working round the clock to ensure all the perpetrators of these criminal acts are apprehended. “Cabinet continues to condemn the senseless killing of police officers. Cabinet calls on members of public[…]
Three men are expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday for the possession of contraband worth R150 000, police confirmed on Friday. Spokesperson Captain FC Van Wyk said a tip-off to the Border Police’s Cape Town Harbour station on Wednesday led to the seizure of illegally obtained[…]
Murdered taxi driver Mido Macia’s family wants compensation amounting to R6.5m from the South African government, the family’s lawyer said on Tuesday. Jose Nascimento told reporters in the High Court in Pretoria that the State had asked him for an actuarial report justifying the amount. “It sounds like a lot,[…]
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