By Kouthar Sambo Western Cape police are investigating two murder cases following the killing of two off-duty police Sergeants. In one incident, a 36-year-old police sergeant based at the Elsies River police station was approached by a gunman while sitting in his vehicle. The gunman fired several shots at the driver. In another unrelated incident, a 43-year-old Sergeant from Nyanga was with friends in Mandela Park in Cape Town, when […]
LOCAL Missing Children SA says South Africa needs to tighten its laws around child kidnapping cases, if it hopes to curb the recent spike. National co-ordinator, Bianca van Aswegen, says while police need to be proactive in their investigations and study the syndicates more closely, the courts should also stop granting suspects bail and perpetrators parole. Van Aswegen emphasized that there is no waiting period to report the child kidnappings […]
LOCAL Rylands Primary School has cautioned parents to remain vigilant, as police continue investigations into the kidnapping of Grade 2 student Abirah Dekhta. The eight-year-old was abducted from her scholar transport in Gatesville last Friday. At least two suspects reportedly boxed in her driver and robbed him, before fleeing with the child. An anti- kidnapping and extortion task force was recently formed in response to a spike in cases in […]
LOCAL Police confirm that the kidnapping of a woman in Bellville last Wednesday, is still under investigation. Police spokesperson Andre Traut says three armed men approached a security guard at a liquor store in Strand Street and threatened him with a firearm. They then proceeded to the 27-year-old wife of the store manager and forcefully removed her from the premises. The suspects then fled the scene and no arrests have […]
LOCAL A 29-year-old suspect who was reportedly found in possession of a cellphone used to a demand ransom for a missing woman whose body was later found is expected to appear before the Tshitale magistrate's court to face charges of kidnapping and murder. Police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said his arrest was made on Saturday by a team of investigators assigned to track down the suspects who allegedly kidnapped the […]
Anichka Penev has been reunited with her family after being kidnapped last week, police have confirmed. The Ukrainian woman, who was found in Khayelitsha on Friday, was dragged from her Audi R8 after gunmen in two cars blocked her vehicle as she drove along Ipswich Road in Blue Downs, Cape Town. Viral CCTV footage showed the kidnappers forcing Penev into one of the vehicles after grabbing her when she tried to […]
LOCAL Cape Town officials have slammed an international security company for publishing a ‘travel alert’ warning users to ‘avoid lower income areas of Cape Town’. The post comes amid investigations into the kidnapping of Ukrainian woman, Anichka Penev, who was snatched from a luxury Audi R8, in Blackheath last Thursday. Reports indicate the 35-year old is the wife of a business owner, and that a R5 million ransom demand has […]
Following the engagement hosted last month by the Muslim Judicial Council SA (MJC) alongside interfaith communities and official stakeholders on the state of safety and security in the Western Cape, the MJC SA has published an expansive response from those cited in the memorandum of demands during the session. National Police Minister Bheki Cele, Police Commissioner General Sehlahle Masemola, Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and the City’s Safety and Security […]
LOCAL Lansdowne police have rejected claims that suspects have been arrested in connection to the murder of local businessman Khalied Parker. The 40-year-old was fatally shot in the head by armed suspects, during an attempted kidnapping in Imam Haron road last Friday. Pictures depicting a few tattooed men- presumed to be gang members- are being forwarded on social media, alongside a text claiming that the murder was a ‘private job’ […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
