TRICHARDT – Anyone who witnessed a truck running over two pedestrians on the N17 at the turnoff to Trichardt town and the Trichardsfontein dam on 30 April, is asked to step forward. Messrs Carel James Stuart (CJ) and David Slabbert, two confectioners from Bethal, visited a client in Trichardt and were waiting on the side..
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Witnesses sought, can you help:- Truck ploughs into men on N17 at Trichardt (photo’s)
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FARM ATTACK:- 4 Farm Attacks in 6 Days in the Western Cape, South Africa
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There have been four farm attacks reported in six days in the Western Cape of South Africa, specifically in the Boland, according to AfriForum. The civil rights organization AfriForum says it is aware of four farm attacks – in the Paarl, Stellenbosch and De Doorns areas – that were reported between 18 and 24 May..
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FARM ATTACK:- 9 armed attackers overpower farmer: Roodeplaat
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A farm attack took place on 23 May 2019, in Roodeplaat, Gauteng province. A farmer on the Kameelfontein Road was attacked and robbed by nine armed attackers who then locked the farmer and others in the safe. Whilst no one was seriously injured in the incident, one person was hit by a stray bullet and..
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Last year posting that we traced which is heartbreaking:- Hannah Cornelius’ mum walked into the sea
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Hannah Cornelius’ dad Willem said he ‘couldn’t bear to hear what they did to my daughter’ as he told a court about his wife Anna’s death in Scarborough, Cape Town. Items out of our Archives for you to read, and to know the story of Hannah:- Read the article that we did last year here..
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Tow truck driver killed in hit and run:- Algoa Towing and Recovery
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A 38-year-old Algoa Towing and Recovery driver was killed in a hit and run in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to Algoa Towing and Recovery director, Alwyn Smith, the driver was working at an accident scene on the corner of Gately Street and St James Road in Southernwood at 3 am. He said..
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Court denies bail to man accused of murdering Secunda woman:- #TesnerMurder
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SECUNDA – He is not a troublemaker and the community will therefore not be outraged if he is granted bail. “There is no doubt in my mind that if you are let out on bail you will commit another crime,” said Magistrate Kekana. This is how the man accused of robbing, raping and murdering Ms..
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Good heavens, NO BUSINESS OR PERSON is safe anywhere anymore:- Intruder breaks into Cape fire station
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CAPE TOWN – A burglar broke into a fire station in Cape Town in the early hours of Tuesday, last week morning and robbed a firefighter of personal belongings before evading capture by leaping from a second storey window, the City of Cape Town said. Mayco member for Safety and Security JP Smith said that..
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Someone wants to ‘open a business’:- Baths, basins, toilets and urinals stolen during Nelson Mandela Bay robbery
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Several new hotel bathroom basins, urinals, baths, and toilets were stolen during an early morning robbery at a hotel construction site in Bluewater Bay. The robbery happened shortly after midnight at the Coega Hotel, which is being constructed in Bluewater Bay Drive, on Thursday morning. Six men, driving two bakkies and a Toyota Avanza, managed..
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Prisons tender’s ballooning costs under the microscope in SIU (Special Investigating Unit) probe
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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is investigating a massive cost escalation on a contract to install fencing and information systems in South Africa’s prisons. The value of the contract ballooned from nearly R477m to over R1.5bn in seven years. The procurement process in awarding the contract to SA Fence and Gate is also under investigation..
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The AfriForum farming wing (Southern African Agriculture Initiative (SAAI) plans to take farm murder issues to the United Nations
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AfriForum’s farming wing, the Southern African Agriculture Initiative (SAAI), will be taking the country’s farm murder issues to the United Nations (UN) at the launch of the Decade of Family Farming in Rome. After a series of reports about farm attacks and the disturbing murder of Annette Kennealy, a Limpopo farm attack activist, AfriForum will..
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STILL MISSING REPORT:- Search continues for missing Polokwane woman
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POLOKWANE – The police appeals to the public to help reunite, Missing woman Lindi Bezuidenhout with her family. In a statement issued by Police spokesperson Col Moatshe Ngoepe he says Lindi was last seen at a house in Flora Park in 2017. “It is alleged she left Polokwane in 2017 to visit her relatives who..
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The double ‘D’ (dumb, dumber, dumbest) burglar ever:- Would-be burglar caught red handed inside EC police station
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The 32-year-old man was caught red-handed after an officer saw him on the CCTV camera scaling the police station fence. Storms River police arrested a would-be burglar after he broke into their police station during the early hours of Thursday (23/5/2019) morning. Police spokesperson Sergeant Majola Nkohli said the 32-year-old man was nabbed shortly before..
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No mercy shown to praying father who was shot while protecting daughter in Maraisburg home robbery
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A father who was praying when an intruder pointed a firearm at his daughter was shot twice at their home in Maraisburg, west of Johannesburg, on Saturday, paramedics said. In an attempt to fight off the robber, the father was shot, leaving him injured and hospitalized but the daughter was not seriously injured. “The man,..
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An old Afrikaans fabled of a heroine now becomes a movie:- ‘The Story of Racheltjie de Beer’ in SA cinemas this October
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The film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by writer and filmmaker Brett Michael Innes and tells the fabled story of Afrikaans family, the De Beers, who are forced to find shelter on a local farm in the Eastern Free State of South Africa in the 1800s. As winter arrives, and..
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FARM ATTACK:- Suspects with balaclavas
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Four suspects with balaclavas gained access to the manager’s house through an open window. Victims tied up, TV’s and knives stolen, suspects looked for firearms. SAPS & security on scene. No injuries, no arrests. Tracks led to mountains. Paarl, Western Cape. *Ian Cameron This news release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of SA-news.
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