Nine boxes of 25kg gel explosives were taken, a source said, which are used in ‘blowing up ATMs, drop safes and cash-in-transit armoured vehicles’. More than 200 kilograms of gel explosives, thought to be similar to those used in cash-in-transit heists, have been stolen from the Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) in KwaZulu-Natal. The African News..
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Explosives similar to those used in CIT heists stolen from Zululand Anthracite Colliery
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Stepfather severely assaulted by mob for raping his 10 year old stepdaughter – Hope they did a good job!
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A 43 year old man who fled from Osindisweni Hospital in Verulam following his apprehension for the rape of his step daughter was re-arrested by members of Reaction Unit South Africa in Phoenix a short while ago.
Reaction Officers were dispatched to a business after staff recognised the suspect from a post on this Facebook page where he was circulated as being sought. His face was circulated in the interest of the child’s safety. Upon arrival Officers found the alleged rapists severely assaulted by an angry mob. He was placed under arrest and is currently detained at the Verulam SAPS.
The suspect was apprehended by the community on Neptune Drive yesterday after it was established that he had been raping his 10 year old stepdaughter over a period of 5 years. Residents assaulted the man and forcefully entered his house where they recovered several sex toys which was being used on the child. Reaction Officers handed the suspect to the SAPS yesterday & was conta
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Hartbeesfontein farm attack: farmer shot 5 times by thugs
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A Farmer residing in the Northwest Province was shot 5 times during a farm attack yesterday.
Kallie Van Heerden was shot five times by three unknown men who confronted him on his farm in Rooikuil just outside Hartbeesfontein. According to his wife Thelma, he is in a critical condition and suffered a lot of internal bleeding. Van Heerden was shot in the hand, elbow, shoulder, and chest just after 16:00 Monday afternoon.
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Proposal of political analyst: ‘We don’t just want land, we want property too’
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Proposal of political analyst: ‘We don’t just want land, we want property too’
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From a thug’s mouth: how to pull off cash-in-transit heists – firstly visit a Sangoma!
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A criminology lecturer has provided insight into the minds of 40 gun-toting thugs who have executed brazen cash-in-transit heists after she picked their brains for research.
Precision, bribes, secret meetings and planning: these are the strategies, according to criminology lecturer Dr Mahlogonolo Thobane, that convicted robbers speak of when detailing the execution of cash-in-transit heists.
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Havoc at Riebeeck Kasteel after protesters is causing chaos in town
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The Swartland Municipality says protesters have damaged a wine cellar, shops and private homes at Riebeeck West and Riebeeck Kasteel.
Municipal Manager, Joggie Scholtz, says several people have been arrested and the situation remains tense:
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Flying squad officers arrested for kidnapping‚ hijacking and armed robbery
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Three Germiston Flying Squad police officers are in custody after allegedly kidnapping‚ hijacking and robbing drivers of two vehicles in Krugersdorp West on Saturday.
Prince Ngobeni‚ Godfrey Manisha and Maphoko Masemola allegedly committed the crime on the Rustenburg road at about midday.
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Act of stupidity: Protesters torched two schools in Mpumalanga – What about your kids education?
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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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PE cyclist attacked with a plank while cycling in Walmer
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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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Sitole Considers Asking Retired Cops To Return To Saps Ranks
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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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VIDEO: Footage of assault at local primary school shocks parents
Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga Survives Hijacking
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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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Robber’s chilling words – ‘I will shoot you. It is a job’
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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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National Prosecuting Authority must be queried if more farm murder cases are withdrawn
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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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It is not safe to go jogging in SA – WOMAN SHOT DEAD WHILE JOGGING IN MARLBORO GARDEN
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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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