Crime
First-Of-Its-Kind Hostage Situation As Ransom Demanded For Chimps
23 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The kidnappers are holding the animals, aged between two and five, hostage and demanding a six-figure ransom.
Burglars Are Loving Stages Five And Six Of Load Shedding
22 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Unfortunately, a lot of what keeps us safe these days depends on electricity, like alarm systems, security cameras, motorised gates, and electric fencing.
Three True-Crime Shows That Actually Had Real-World Impact
21 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The true-crime genre is often a way to gawk at the misfortune of others. Sometimes, though, a series or podcast can lift the lid and lead to actual change.
Gym Co-Owner Who Allegedly Filmed Woman In The Shower Is Laying Very Low
16 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A tight-knit Cape Town gym community had been rocked by allegations that the gym co-owner allegedly used his phone to film a female member while she showered.
How Cape Town Plans To Fight Crime This Summer
15 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
With the COVID-19-induced restrictions a thing of the past, Cape Town’s tourism industry has a familiar foe to battle – crime.
2020 Limpopo Farm Murder Allegedly Inside Job Plotted By Wife And Lover
14 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Raymond Papapavlou and his wife, Simoné, appeared to be a happy couple. But behind the closed doors of their modest farmhouse outside Groblersdal in Limpopo, all was not as it seemed.
Astonishing South African Crime Story Sparks Larger Investigation [Video]
14 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Abrie Raaths is serving life behind bars based largely on evidence presented by his daughter, even though she’s recanted her original testimony.
Staff Left Traumatised As Armed Gang Hits Durban Mall [Video]
14 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
At least six suspects, many of whom were armed, entered a Vodacom store in a Durban mall over the weekend.
The Cape’s Most Dangerous Gangs Are Using Drones Now
12 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Law enforcement is already overwhelmed when it comes to dealing with the scourge of gangsterism in Cape Town and the Western Cape at large.
The Fyre Fest Guy Is Out Of Jail – Here Are His Plans For The Future
12 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
No matter what he does for the rest of his days, Billy McFarland will be known as the Fyre Fest guy.
Backlash Grows After Cape Town Gym Co-Owner Allegedly Films Woman In Shower
12 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For one tight-knit Cape Town gym community, it’s been a torrid few weeks after it emerged that the gym co-owner had allegedly used his cellphone to film a female member while she was in the shower.
KFC Buckets, Sex Workers, And Bread: The Zama Zama Economy Is Flourishing
09 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Illegal miners can make as much as R40 000 a month but if they want creature comforts, their bottom line is going to take a hit.
Life Behind Bars – “Trustworthy” Oscar Pistorius Reads And Drive Tractors
08 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pistorius is preparing to take authorities to court over their alleged failure to grant him a parole hearing. Those who deal with him regularly believe he’s ready to be released.
Road Rage Is Alive And Well In Durban [Video]
08 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Taxi drivers aren’t known for their road manners and earlier this week, road users in Durban watched on as tempers flared and a tussle broke out.
Confiscated Phone Leads To KZN Teacher’s Car Being Set On Fire [Video]
08 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A student at a school in KwaZulu-Natal allegedly set a teacher’s car on fire in the school parking lot after his phone had been confiscated.
Alleged Gqeberha Baby Snatchers Were “Just Joking” [Video]
07 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your baby in a shopping trolley closest of all.
Even Kim Kardashian Is Getting Into The True-Crime Podcast Game
07 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Besides passionately advocating to keep impossible beauty standards alive (unless you have a heap of money), Kim also likes to advocate for criminal justice reform.
It’s Not Only Money That Drives Rhino Poachers
07 Sep 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
While the potential riches of the lucrative rhino horn trade are the main driving factor, it’s not the only consideration.
No Shame As Early Morning Durban Hijackers Hit Parking Lot [Video]
06 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
CCTV footage from a Durban parking lot shows four men loaded with guns pulling up behind a white Golf 7, accosting the female driver, and then stealing her car.
Observe The Wildest Post-Arrest Interview In Years [Video]
05 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Saturday, after allegedly robbing a Queensland service station with a machete earlier in the week, 18-year-old Charlie Woolfe-Moore gave reporters a piece of his mind.
The Enyobeni Tavern Cause Of Death Investigation Is Unravelling
02 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Parents who met with officials yesterday are furious about being denied access to information, with some accusing investigators of lying.
Heart-Stopping Moment Someone Points Gun In Argentine Vice-President’s Face [Video]
02 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s vice-president and former president, was almost shot at point blank range outside her home in Buenos Aires yesterday.
“Already I Am Dead, Give Money”: Latest Cape Kidnapping Ransom Video Released
02 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
37-year-old Akter Pradhan was kidnapped in broad daylight last Friday. It hasn’t taken long for the kidnappers’ ransom demands to be made.
New Twist In The Oscar Pistorius Parole Saga
01 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In November last year, news broke that Oscar Pistorius was eligible for parole and he seemed headed for the exit.
They’re Comparing This Deceased SA Advocate To Jeffrey Epstein
01 Sep 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Much like Epstein, Paul Kennedy allegedly used his position of power to perpetrate heinous sex crimes against minors.
Markus Jooste And Co. Will Be Dreading ‘Steinheist’ [Trailer]
01 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Made by Idea Candy, the producers of ‘Devilsdorp’, you can bet that Jooste and others will be tuning in to watch the three-part docuseries.
Good Luck To Anybody Trying To Fix The Train Line In Bonteheuwel [Video]
31 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gangsters have been making death threats against workers employed to fix the railway line in Bonteheuwel.
How An Ozzie True-Crime Podcast Helped Solve A Decades-Old Murder
31 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
It has been more than 40 years since Lynette Dawson went missing from her home on Sydney’s northern beaches. As one of Australia’s longest-running cold cases, her body has still never been found.
Brazen Daylight Kidnapping In Cape Town Raises Fears [Video]
30 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The scourge of kidnappings across the Cape continues and the syndicates pulling them off appear to operate with impunity.
Major Cover-Up Vibes After Pretoria General Allegedly Robbed By Sex Worker
29 Aug 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
While his wife was away, the cop allegedly let a sex worker into his home, where she drugged him with a date rape drug before ransacking his house.
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