A “harrowing” run-in with eight armed robbers has left SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and his wife Noluthando in “desperate need of counselling”. That’s life, unfortunately,” Vavi tweeted on Sunday following the incident on Friday evening in Morningside Manor, Johannesburg. The armed robbers beat up two security guards before entering..
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Crime does not discriminate in SA – A traumatic altercation in with armed robbers has left Saftu’s general secretary and his wife in “desperate need of counselling
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Passenger coaches are now being targeted by armed robbers on highways
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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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Metrorail commuters from Cape-Town robbed, man shot when trying to flee
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Armed men entered a full carriage on a Metrorail Cape Town-bound train and began to rob passengers, reports GroundUp. One commuter was shot, according to an eyewitness to the robbery. Riana Scott, spokesperson for Metrorail, confirmed the incident was reported at 13:42 on Friday. “Security reported an on-board robbery between Langa and Bontheuwel Station,” she..
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Westville family taken on nightmare trip to ATM by armed robbers
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A Westville family is lucky to have escaped a nightmare trip with armed robbers who abducted them from their home and took them to draw cash at an ATM this morning. Blue Security community and media liaison officer Andreas Mathios said two armed robbers climbed up to the second story of a house in Dunkeld..
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