Two schools were set alight in Mpumalanga on Friday, just three days after another school was burned in the North West.
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Basic Education department spokesperson Elijah Mhlanga alleged that protesters unhappy with by-election burned the two schools on Friday.
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A Port Elizabeth cyclist was left battered and bleeding on the side of the road after he was ambushed, hit over the head with a plank and robbed at the weekend.
The early morning attack, on Saturday at about 5am, took place when businessman Graham Munton, 57, was cycling on Heugh Road towards 6th Avenue in Walmer.
He was cycling from his home in Lovemore Heights.
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It is interesting how the EFF has come out in defence of state capture kingpin Tom Moyane .
Adv Dali Mpofu is the lawyer of Moyane . Look at this pic . It explains it all . Here is Julius Malema with a lot of underworld figures . On the left is Mickey Schultz and Adriano Mazotti – tax dodger ,tobacco smuggler and EFF funder . On the right is one or other Pakistani crook . Forgot his name now . Its also one of the reasons why Shivambu attacked Ismail Momoniat of Treasury .EFF want Moyane back, because Moyane probably knows some secrets about Malema’s tax affairs.
Posted by: Daniel Sutherland
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An 85-year-old pensioner had R300 000 stolen from his Nebdank account last week in a sim swap scam.
The man’s son, who would rather not be named, wrote to CapeTalk host John Maytham to relay the experience.
Forensic investigator Dr David Klatzow says the sim swap scam has become more prevalent over the past three years.
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police officer was arrested on Monday, June 4, on 6th street and Turf Road in Turffontein, south of Johannesburg, for allegedly attempting to solicit a bribe and enforcing illegally whilst not on duty, Comaro Chronicle reports.
The 33 year old Male officer was arrested by the members of JMPD Internal Affairs after he had stopped a motorist for disobeying a red traffic light, he spoke to the driver and allegedly attempted to solicit a R3000 bribe from the motorist.
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National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole says that he’ll soon convene a police veterans conference where former SAPS members will be invited to attend.
He, along with Police Minister Bheki Cele, on Monday announced a new plan to tackle violent crimes such as armed robberies and cash heists.
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A Pietermaritzburg family is battling to come to terms with the grisly discovery of an intruder’s body in their garden on Friday after he was mauled to death by their two pitbulls.
The intruder was found early on Friday morning when the family’s domestic worker went out into the garden to hang up washing.
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Robbers made off with Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga, Mercedes-Benz early on Saturday morning. Msimanga was targeted while leaving a restaurant in Midrand.
He says he was confronted by two armed men and that he wasn’t with his bodyguards.
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“I will shoot you. It is a job. It is how we eat to get bread on the table.”
Those were the chilling words of a former armed robber who was interviewed on M-Net’s Carte Blanche programme which aired on Sunday.
If I see a gun I will run out‚ or if I have mine‚ I will shoot you first. I am not going to hesitate I will shoot you first.
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The murder cases against three of the eight men suspected of killing the Coligny farmer Hannes Christie (65), who was murdered on the farm Vlakfontein near Coligny in North West in February 2018, were withdrawn today, 21 May 2018.
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On the 26th of March this year Front National posted an article titled: DOUBLE STANDARDS A SYMPTOM OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES.
In this we pointed out that Vicki Momberg was sentenced to an effective 2 years in prison for a racist statement, while a serving officer in the Defense Force, Major MV Mohlala of the Wonderboom military base, got away with only a warning after writing on Facebook that an elderly white man, the reverend Braam van Wyk, should not only have been attacked, but that his eyes should also have been poked out.
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The discovery on Monday night came after at least three cash van robberies on Monday, including one at the Jabulani Mall in Soweto.
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police (EMPD) have seized a significant amount of money at a house in Langaville on the East Rand but are unable to confirm whether it’s the proceeds of cash-in-transit heists.
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Paramedics say they arrived on the scene earlier on Monday and found the woman believed to be in her 20s lying on the sidewalk.
A woman has been shot dead while jogging in Marlboro Gardens in Johannesburg.
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At least three passenger coaches were targeted by armed robbers on Saturday night and early Sunday morning.
It’s being reported that coaches carrying passengers from Zimbabwe to South Africa have been robbed at gunpoint along the main Musina-Johannesburg highway.
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Prominent public figures risk losing their jobs or facing jail time as legal cases involving several South African politicians and high-ranking officials are scheduled to be heard in June.
Jacob Zuma
The former president — who resigned in February — faces several charges including one count of racketeering, two counts of corruption, one count of money laundering and 12 counts of fraud which date back to the 1990s.
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