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Case against seven kidnapping suspects postponed, protestors demand justice for Abidah

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 […]

17 November 2022

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Hawks confident they have a strong case against 22 suspects in relation to the July 2021 unrest

A member of the military inspects damage at a looted mall. Head of the Hawks in KwaZulu-Natal Leseja Senona, says although the investigation that led to the arrest of 22 suspects in relation to the July unrest, they are confident that they have a strong case. “I must say this was a complex and sophisticated one. And that there were a lot of people that we were looking at as […]

13 August 2022

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Two suspects arrested for ‘trying bribe’ to see child rape case withdrawn

Two suspects who allegedly tried to bribe a community activist to persuade the parents of a 10-year-old child who was raped to drop the charges will appear in the Phalaborwa magistrate's court on Monday. The two suspects, aged 30 and 40, were arrested on Friday. Limpopo police spokesperson Brig Motlafela Mojapelo said the suspects, both foreign nationals, reportedly tried to bribe a local community activist in Namakgale, outside Phalaborwa, to […]

6 June 2022

Local

W Cape police out in full force for criminals

Members of the Anti-Gang Unit in Cape Town have arrested two suspects and seized three firearms in Kensington on Thursday. Police spokesperson, Novella Potelwa, says police followed up on information about a shooting incident when they spotted two men fleeing the scene. She says police discovered two pistols and a shotgun, as well as several rounds of ammunition. Police say the serial number of one of the pistols was filed […]

3 January 2020

Local

Seven suspects dead after police shootout in Ngcobo

Seven suspects believed to have been involved in the Ngcobo police massacre were shot dead in a shootout with police on Friday evening, after being cornered inside a church they used as a hideout. Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said more than 10 other suspects were arrested, while others managed to escape. "One police officer was wounded and he is recuperating in hospital," Mulaudzi said. This follows after a group […]

24 February 2018

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2 Capetonians bust for being in possession of ‘possible’ uncut diamonds

Two suspects have been arrested for being in possession of six "possible" uncut diamonds in the Cape Town CBD, police said on Sunday. Lieutenant Colonel Andre Traut said the suspects, who were travelling in a silver Mercedes Benz, had on Saturday disregarded a red traffic light in the CBD which prompted two police officers attached to the Cape Town Cluster to follow the vehicle. "On the N2, the vehicle was […]

25 December 2017

Local

Wounded CT teen arrested after cash-in-transit heist shootout

A teenager has been arrested in Cape Town following a shootout with guards during an attempted cash-in-transit heist, the Hawks said on Sunday. "A 17-year-old… was arrested… on Saturday morning for attempting to rob a cash truck at a railway station in Khayelitsha," spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha said in a statement. He said that a cash vehicle had apparently pulled up at the Nolungile railway station at mid-morning to collect […]

23 October 2017

Local

Double murder at Stellenbosch nightclub

A 30 year old woman and a man in his forties were killed in a shooting at Cubana restaurant and nightclub in Plein Street, Stellenbosch last night. According to sources, three guys stormed Cubana around 12:30, fired six shots inside and accidentally killed a bystander. They also chased and killed the target. Sources say the suspects started in a club called Entourage and later went to Cubana looking for their […]

14 October 2017

Local

Two arrested for murder of 15-year-old boy in Cape Town

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder this week of a 15-year-old boy in Hanover Park in Cape Town, Western Cape police said on Sunday. The boy was fatally wounded in Lansport Road, Hanover Park, shortly before 8am on Thursday morning, police said in a statement. “The deceased sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body and head and was declared dead on the scene.Three suspects were seen […]

27 March 2017

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