The Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s acting executive director, Koekie Mbeki, said her directorate was investigating 168 cases in which SAPS cops were accused of rape. She went on to say that the figure was “substantially higher” than the 40 rape cases reported in the preceding financial year – you don’t say.
Well, this is depressing. What you have here is your standard pickpocket operation of multiple crooks fulfilling various rolls including lookout, distraction, and thief. Except that in this case the thief is a seven-year-old girl. The video description reports that the theft took place in Norwood. At this point there isn’t very much information to go […]
Welcome to Glenvista High School in Gauteng, where a pupil named Anthony attacked his teacher with a plastic chair, and with a broom, much to the delight of his class mates.
Well, this is bad news. The the annual crime statistics were released in Pretoria today, and revealed that the murder rate is up 0.6% this year after an annual decline since 2007. And there are loads more people trying to kill other people, but not succeeding. Attempted murder has also increased 6,5% over the past year.
Court documents filed this week recommend that a man going by the online moniker of ‘Fat Longpig’ should be jailed for 27 years for planning the kidnap, rape and eventual cannibalisation of children.
It’s tricky to plead not guilty to drinking and driving, when there is a YouTube video that you previously posted, admitting to killing a man whilst driving drunk.
Videos are emerging online following an alleged poison gas attack outside Damascus on Wednesday. The Huffington Post has reported that the footage can not be independently verified. A Syrian activist, Mohammed Saeed, said in an interview with the Associated Press: The visit by the U.N. team is a joke. … Bashar [Assad] is using the […]
The inimitable Barry Bateman and Mandy Wiener form EWN have revealed this morning that the state will be pursuing a life sentence as the mandatory minimum punishment in their case against murder accused Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day this year. The state will […]
Behold the royal mug shot of Romanian Pricess, Princess Irina. She has been arrested for masterminding a large cockfighting ring in Eastern Oregon, because what else is there to do in Oregon?
A British grandmother is wasting away on death row in Bali for smuggling cocaine. Housed at Kerobokan jail, which is nicknamed ‘Hotel K’, 57-year-old Lindsay Sandiford is awaiting her death. Lindsay was sentenced in January of this year for smuggling £1,5 million (R23,702,674) worth of cocaine into Bali.
If you’re stuck in an office without a television or bouncing from meeting to meeting this morning, you can stream the Oscar Pistorius court appearance analysis straight to your desktop or mobile, right here.
During the WWE Smack Down world tour last night in Cape Town, Randy Orton got an unpleasant surprise. Click through to check out the video.
After the Spanish train crash in the North West region of Galicia killed over 80 people when it derailed, there has been much discussion about the train driver. Francisco Jose Garzon Amo has already been caught out for talking about speeding on Facebook, but now the man who allowed the train to allegedly travel at […]
When an Indian maharajah crowned at a young age passed away (after the depression caused by his son’s death), his daughters were left with nothing near what they deserved. Instead of getting what they thought was there birthright fortune, they were given only a few dollars a month from the palace officials that they suspected to have […]
US sex writer, Dan Savage, widely known for his online campaign against homophobic senator Rick Santorum, has joined forces with gay and lesbian activists in Russia in order to protest against the countries persecution of homosexuals, they decided to target what Russia loves the most, their vodka. To shine a much needed light on new laws […]
This is classic Bronx. According to the person who uploaded this video, the enraged woman beating the car with a golf club is the wife of the car owner. No one is sure what led to the incident, or what happened afterwards, but we can assume that some damage to the relationship was done. Enjoy, […]
Youth in revolt. On Sunday evening, police in riot attire headed down to Huntington Beach to break up a raging crowd after the US Open of Surfing. It was reported that the ruckus started at around 19h00 once the competition had concluded and the Huntington Beach Police even had to ask for help from neighbouring agencies. According […]
Erik Chevalier came up with a “nerd-approved” board game that he used to trick people into giving him money. The people who fell for the trap, ended up giving away over R1 million to a guy that was taking them for a ride. This is what The Doom That Came To Atlantic City was about: […]
On Wednesday evening, a Spanish train in the North West region of Galicia killed over 80 people after derailing. In the latest news, Francisco Jose Garzon de Amo, the train driver, is now being watched by police guard in hospital and is being placed under investigation as a result of the accident. The 52-year-old man […]
Yesterday, we reported on the incredible mob-style assassination attempt on Czech businessman Radovan Krejcir. Now we have the ENCA interview with the man himself, explaining the ordeal. When you get the gist of his accent you can hear Radovan say things like “I thought it was a firecracker,” that make you believe…he never knew he […]
After three years of intense research a German cryptographer by the name of Karsten Nohl has reason to believe that your SIM card could now be at risk of being hacked. Nohl has claimed to have found encryption as well as software flaws that could lead to the tampering of millions of SIM cards. The findings that […]
According to The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid), a police captain was arrested in Worcester on Friday for allegedly raping a woman in his official SAPS vehicle in June of this year. Spokesperson Moses Dlamini said: The complainant alleges that on 20 June at about 23.30 she was raped by the suspect who was driving […]
Loaded with undetermined weapons and accused of shipping illicit drugs, the North Korean Chong Chon Gang has been anchored off the Atlantic Side of Panama on Wednesday. According to the Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli the ship was stopped as they suspected it to hold illegal substances. When checked, it was found that the ship’s cargo consisted of […]
Come yesterday, the South African wireless telecommunications provider Telkom is being charged with a doozy. According to Mail & Guardian, the group has to pay R200 million in administrative penalties. This is after the Competition Tribunal found evidence to substantiate that Telkom is abusing its power as the leader of telecoms facilities in the country. […]
If you ever wanted to run some kind of Breaking Bad smuggling expedition, now is your chance. According to defense analyst Helmut Heitman, South Africa has no airborne radar system. This means that if you know exactly where the ground-sited radar is and fly low enough, you can successfully smuggle whatever it is you need to. With the […]
Cleveland abduction victims Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight haven’t been heard from since Charles Ramsey rescued them from the dirty clutches of Ariel Castro. (For more on the story, click here.) But on Monday, the lucky girls released a YouTube video, thanking everyone who helped and supported them and their families through the tragic time. The video above […]
What would you do if you saw this man peeping up at you while you were using the bathroom? That is exactly what Kenneth Webster Enlow was doing when Ambra Reynolds spotted him.
Goodman Nono has been busking in Greenmarket Square, between St George’s Mall and Long Street for almost 20 years. Goodman is blind, and makes between R300 and R400 a day from small donations and CD sales. He’s become something of a city institution. Here’s Goodman playing his guitar in his usual spot. But according to […]
One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives, Mark Lilley, has been caught…literally with his pants down. The 41-year-old man that disappeared during his drug-dealing trial in 2000 was found hiding a luxury villa in Malaga, Spain. Lilley, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in his absence, was caught after a joint operation by the Spanish National Police and Britain’s Serious […]
On Monday, a harrowing video was uploaded to YouTube of what looks like Egyptian security attacking protestors with live ammunition. In the first few seconds of the clip, it’s hard to decipher where the gunshots are actually coming from, until a bloodied protestor is carried out of the crowd. After catching the horrific ordeal of the victim […]