By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Two men, aged 23 and 49, have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a 57-year-old woman. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), the victim was abducted at gunpoint by four masked men at her home in St. Montagu Village, Lavender Hill, on 10 July 2024, during a power outage. The attackers fled in a silver vehicle, and the woman has not […]
LOCAL Police minister Bheki Cele has decried the number of crimes committed against women. Releasing the latest crime stats for the period between July and September, Cele said the rate at which women are abused, violated and killed in South Africa remains worrying and unacceptable; many are killed by the people they know, people they love and trust. “Over 13,000 women were victims of assault with intent to cause grievous […]
LOCAL Friends and relatives of Abira Dekhta’s family are demanding bail be denied to the seven suspects arrested in connection with her kidnapping. The male suspects appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on charges of kidnapping and extortion on Thursday, after police rescued the eight-year-old from a shack in Khayelitsha on Monday. Protestors gathered outside of court, pointing to a lack of arrests in other kidnapping cases as well as […]
LOCAL The case against seven men arrested in connection to the kidnapping of Abirah Dekhtah has been postponed. The eight-year-old was rescued from a shack in Khayelitsha during a joint, intelligence-driven operation on Monday. The girls family was joyfully overwhelmed by her safe return, after she was snatched from her scholar transport eleven days prior. Reports indicate that the suspects appeared in the Wynberg magistrate Court on charges of kidnapping […]
LOCAL Gatesville’s Abirah Dekhta, who was located in Khayelitsha after ten days, has been reunited with her family. It follows a joint operation wherein SAPS members from various specialised units and City of Cape Town’s law enforcement officials recovered her from a shack in Town Two on Monday evening. The eight-year-old was kidnapped in Gatesville while in her scholar transport on November 4th. Reports indicate that two armed suspects blocked […]
Three women and their male accomplice are behind bars for kidnappings and fake identifications at morgues to get cash from life insurance claims. Hawks spokesperson Capt Christopher Singo said their trail of fraud, identity theft, attempted murder, kidnapping and money laundering dates back to between 2017 and 2019. Malefu Mary Mokoena, 22, Maneo Paulina Mokoena, 45, Mannini Elizabeth Mphetheng, 45, and Tumelo Isaac Moeletsane, 35, were arrested in November 2019 […]
Reagen Allen, Western Cape MEC for police oversight and community safety, has reiterated his call for the formation of an integrated kidnappings and extortion task team. Allen was responding on Saturday to news that abducted Cape Town businesswoman Anichka Penev had been reunited with her family on Friday evening. “We extended our gratitude to those responsible for Penev’s safe return. During this time we will continue to keep the family […]
VOC National and provincial authorities have echoed the need for inter-departmental collaboration, alongside religious and civil bodies, to tackle crime in the Western Cape. It was among the commitments made at an interfaith dialogue hosted by the MJC SA on Thursday morning. The religious body called on authorities to urgently address the rise in violent crime plaguing the province. Police minister Bheki Cele, Police Commissioner General Sehlahle Masemola, Cape Town […]
LOCAL The case against the five suspects charged with the attempted kidnapping of a Chinese businesswoman in Ottery last week, has been postponed. The suspects, from Gugulethu and Khayelitsha, were arrested at the weekend, after the vigilant woman flagged down a police car on the M5 during her pursuit. Following a high speed-chase, police stopped the suspects and found them in possession of a firearm with the serial number filed […]
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