The problem has become so severe that some farmers are forced to spend as much as R200,000 a month on security guards to patrol their fields.
Powell and Roux point out that the new corruption offence shakes up South Africa’s anti-corruption laws in a big way.
Plus, the crime index by city 2024 has revealed another of South Africa’s capital cities as the second most dangerous city in the world.
The ‘adjusted’ VIP Risk Management System will now allow each of the 270 councillors and other committee members access to two VIP security guards without needing an SA Police Service (SAPS) risk assessment.
Nearly three weeks after being kidnapped outside a Brits primary school, cousins Mohamed Bataviya, 19, and Zahraa Mohamed, 17, have finally been freed after a successful sting operation by police.
Ignoring the police and bystanders at the scene, Tellez was seen “waving casually at cameras as he made his escape, swinging the severed leg around”.
More than 1,300 children are kidnapped every month, according to Missing Children South Africa, with SA ranked first on the African continent in kidnappings and seventh-highest worldwide.
The warning follows the disappearance of four children in the Western Cape in the last two weeks.
Stranger danger is a cliche for a reason.
The video shows three men sitting around a kitchen island having a late-night chat when two masked men appeared in the back garden.
A total of 250 murders from this period were gang-related, as well as 351 cases of attempted murder and 15 cases of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
There’s clearly no fear of the consequences anymore.
A Nedbank employee was jailed after being caught helping herself to R5.3 million of the bank’s money, while another woman was sentenced for stealing R9 million from a mining company.
Early on Tuesday morning, several motorists were robbed of their belongings during peak traffic on the M1-M2 split at the Crown Interchange in Johannesburg.
“He was able to free himself, walked to the compound where his workers lived, and send out a message to ask for help.”
Police are investigating a possible case of human trafficking or smuggling.
On Saturday, a woman was stabbed, allegedly by a street child, while she was running along the beachfront in the morning.
Justin Mohn was charged with first-degree murder and abusing a body after police discovered the headless body of Michael Mohn in the toilet of his home.
You might want to de-jewel if you’re walking around Sea Point and its surroundings for now.
Worshippers at a Constantia church were left traumatised after three armed robbers conned their way inside.
Poor Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained after being stopped by customs officials at Munich Airport.
According to the police report, the pilot endured hours of torture and physical assaults. It only ended when he was left penniless. He is just happy to be alive.
According to reports the man, a foreign national, “needed money for gambling”.
A photograph of the old geezer was shared on social media earlier this week warning residents to be careful when he is spotted.
The Cape Town community group, Friends of Table Mountain, has launched a petition calling for immediate action to be taken to stop the escalating crime around the slopes of Table Mointain, Lion’s Head, and Signal Hill.
Turns out no Porsches were harmed in the making of this skit that fooled everyone (including us).
The young man apparently looked confused, repeatedly saying, “112 kommen, 112 kommen”; which is an emergency number in Germany.
Shoprite works alongside SAPS and the National Prosecuting Authority on all of its cases and has even brought in an expert criminal lawyer to assist in getting criminals off the street.
If you want to show support for taking our mountain back from the human predators that spoil a natural wonder for everyone, you can join The Friends of Friends of Lion’s Head on 1 December.
The judge believes that the younger generation is more into slashing tires than throats, and has become ‘softer’.